Municipality · NIS 35011 · closed 24/04/2026
Middelkerke
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1 645provisional
-7,8 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 784)
2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more
82,16 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 20 023 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Middelkerke_fr.pdf · 129 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jean-Marie Dedecker
List: LIJST DEDECKER · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): LIJST DEDECKER / RESPECT
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
- 20 069
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,0 %799 out of 20 069
2010 : 2,1 % · 2026 : 4,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 391 2,1 % 2011 407 2,2 % 2012 475 2,5 % 2013 475 2,5 % 2014 512 2,7 % 2015 523 2,7 % 2016 541 2,8 % 2017 588 3,1 % 2018 654 3,4 % 2019 631 3,3 % 2020 652 3,3 % 2021 670 3,4 % 2022 670 3,4 % 2023 790 4,0 % 2024 784 3,9 % 2025 792 4,0 % 2026 799 4,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,0 %(193)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,3 %(254)
- Non-EU271,8 %(352)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,6 %(17 791)
- Belgians of foreign origin7,4 %(1 479)
- Non-Belgians4,0 %(799)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years11,2 %(2 246)
- 18-64 years51,3 %(10 292)
- 65 and over37,5 %(7 531)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
79 km² · 254 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 098 €total net taxable income, 13 399 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: 10,542
- Registered: 16,889 · turnout 63.6 %
- Blank and void: 196 (1.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIJST DEDECKER | 4,567 | 43.3 % | 12 |
| RESPECT | 3,936 | 37.3 % | 11 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 890 | 8.4 % | 1 |
| N-VA | 704 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| VoorGrootMiddelkerke | 445 | 4.2 % | 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, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 645 | -7,8 % | 2 497 | |
| 268 | -24,7 % | 1 028 | |
| 209 | +45,1 % | - | |
| 175 | +34,6 % | 149 | |
| 160 | +10,3 % | 453 | |
| 134 | -40,2 % | 107 | |
| 127 | +6,7 % | 71 | |
| 122 | +7,0 % | - | |
| 85 | -17,5 % | 45 | |
| 81 | -12,9 % | 5 | |
| 81 | +62,0 % | 44 | |
| 79 | -14,1 % | 57 | |
| 44 | -26,7 % | 57 | |
| 32 | -5,9 % | 31 | |
| 32 | -27,3 % | 22 | |
| 30 | +66,7 % | 34 | |
| 24 | -63,1 % | 47 | |
| 24 | -25,0 % | 13 | |
| 17 | -32,0 % | 88 | |
| 16 | +6,7 % | 67 | |
| 6 | -50,0 % | 10 | |
| 5 | +66,7 % | 1 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 110 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 10 | |
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| 2 | -50,0 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | 1 | |
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Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).
2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.
Documented perimeters
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten1