Municipality · NIS 24062 · closed 31/10/2025
Leuven
12 865in 2024
-6,0 % in 2024 compared with 2023 (13 682)
123,69 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2024 (pop. 104 009 on 1/1/2024)
Source: Vlaams_Brabant_Leuven_fr.pdf · 141 pages · bulletin Q2 2025
Archived bulletin
The site's reference BIPOL bulletin (Q4 2025) contains no PDF for this municipality. The figures come from the bulletin of Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), preserved by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Only complete years are included (2000, 2015-2024) : the last column of this bulletin covers only part of the year. Older closing date, so figures are not revised and may be slightly lower than in a recent bulletin. Archived PDF.
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Local executive
Mayor: Mohamed Ridouani
List: Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Vooruit / cd&v / GROEN
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 105 357
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 22,6 %23 848 out of 105 357
2010 : 14,3 % · 2026 : 22,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 13 611 14,3 % 2011 15 083 15,6 % 2012 15 359 15,7 % 2013 15 347 15,7 % 2014 15 764 16,0 % 2015 16 238 16,5 % 2016 16 995 17,1 % 2017 18 047 18,0 % 2018 19 117 18,9 % 2019 19 516 19,2 % 2020 20 332 19,9 % 2021 19 359 19,2 % 2022 21 013 20,6 % 2023 22 290 21,6 % 2024 23 288 22,4 % 2025 23 978 22,9 % 2026 23 848 22,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*2,8 %(2 910)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries6,0 %(6 366)
- Non-EU2713,8 %(14 572)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin58,7 %(61 836)
- Belgians of foreign origin18,7 %(19 673)
- Non-Belgians22,6 %(23 848)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,3 %(17 221)
- 18-64 years66,5 %(70 059)
- 65 and over17,2 %(18 077)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
57,5 km² · 1 824 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 461 €total net taxable income, 60 076 returns
Statbel, income 2023
Definitions
- « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
- Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
- Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
- Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
- These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.
Elections
- Valid votes: 45,578
- Registered: 67,910 · turnout 67.4 %
- Blank and void: 197 (0.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit | 18,998 | 41.7 % | 23 |
| N-VA | 8,993 | 19.7 % | 10 |
| cd&v | 6,614 | 14.5 % | 7 |
| GROEN | 5,345 | 11.7 % | 5 |
| PVDA | 2,113 | 4.6 % | 1 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,828 | 4.0 % | 1 |
| Liberaal voor Leuven | 1,148 | 2.5 % | 0 |
| Volt Leuven | 324 | 0.7 % | 0 |
| Voor U Leuven | 215 | 0.5 % | 0 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000).
| Category | 2024 | Change 2024/2023 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | -12,4 % | 88 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 43 | -6,5 % | 16 | |
| 3 | -57,1 % | 27 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 32 | +3,2 % | 4 | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | 52 | |
| 750 | -26,3 % | - | |
| 731 | -5,1 % | - | |
| 877 | -3,0 % | 1 309 | |
| 1 289 | -6,8 % | 641 | |
| 56 | -13,8 % | 70 | |
| - | - | 4 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 665 | -7,1 % | 2 408 | |
| 6 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 452 | -3,2 % | 88 | |
| 120 | -21,6 % | 116 | |
| 803 | -5,4 % | 545 | |
| 39 | +2,6 % | 101 | |
| 123 | -15,8 % | 121 | |
| 21 | +90,9 % | 8 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 271 | -6,9 % | 301 | |
| 235 | -7,5 % | 108 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| 954 | -2,4 % | 325 | |
| 18 | -37,9 % | 9 | |
| 965 | -12,0 % | 168 | |
| 32 | +60,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | 22 | |
| 167 | +16,8 % | 19 | |
| 39 | +11,4 % | 55 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 264 | -17,0 % | 243 | |
| 13 | +85,7 % | 13 | |
| - | - | 4 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -66,7 % | 54 | |
| 4 422 | -4,9 % | 4 806 | |
| 12 865 | -6,0 % | 11 727 |
Change 2024/2023: change in 2024 compared with 2023 (e.g. −10 % = 2024 is 10 % lower than 2023, not the reverse).
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), archived by the Wayback Machine; complete years only, no 2025. Click a category to show the full available annual series.