Municipality · NIS 35013 · closed 24/04/2026
Oostende
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7 874provisional
+3,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (7 635)
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
108,13 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 72 817 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Oostende_fr.pdf · 145 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: John Crombez
List: Vooruit Plus · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Vooruit Plus / N-VA
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
- 73 000
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 12,6 %9 231 out of 73 000
2010 : 5,6 % · 2026 : 12,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 3 883 5,6 % 2011 4 396 6,3 % 2012 4 863 6,9 % 2013 4 979 7,1 % 2014 5 313 7,6 % 2015 5 763 8,2 % 2016 6 170 8,7 % 2017 6 802 9,6 % 2018 7 317 10,3 % 2019 7 698 10,8 % 2020 7 957 11,1 % 2021 7 910 11,0 % 2022 7 840 11,0 % 2023 8 536 11,8 % 2024 8 739 12,0 % 2025 8 948 12,3 % 2026 9 231 12,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,4 %(998)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,5 %(1 837)
- Non-EU278,8 %(6 396)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin68,0 %(49 649)
- Belgians of foreign origin19,3 %(14 120)
- Non-Belgians12,6 %(9 231)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,0 %(11 685)
- 18-64 years54,0 %(39 441)
- 65 and over30,0 %(21 874)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
41,3 km² · 1 765 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
27 870 €total net taxable income, 47 357 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: 32,768
- Registered: 54,498 · turnout 60.6 %
- Blank and void: 270 (0.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit Plus | 12,664 | 38.6 % | 18 |
| Trots op Oostende | 6,327 | 19.3 % | 8 |
| N-VA | 6,274 | 19.1 % | 8 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 5,332 | 16.3 % | 6 |
| PVDA | 1,418 | 4.3 % | 1 |
| de O mens | 650 | 2.0 % | 0 |
| SVD | 103 | 0.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 874 | +3,1 % | 10 681 | |
| 2 349 | -8,2 % | 4 729 | |
| 712 | +43,5 % | - | |
| 646 | +4,7 % | 1 169 | |
| 610 | -3,5 % | 592 | |
| 573 | +50,0 % | 396 | |
| 496 | -0,2 % | 727 | |
| 432 | +8,5 % | 207 | |
| 382 | +3,5 % | 653 | |
| 365 | -22,3 % | 6 | |
| 220 | +11,7 % | 8 | |
| 175 | +14,4 % | 119 | |
| 147 | +25,6 % | 100 | |
| 144 | -4,0 % | 177 | |
| 138 | -6,1 % | 76 | |
| 125 | +9,6 % | 44 | |
| 95 | +14,5 % | 81 | |
| 82 | -13,7 % | 390 | |
| 81 | +76,1 % | 261 | |
| 19 | +90,0 % | 3 | |
| 18 | +28,6 % | 73 | |
| 14 | -44,0 % | - | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 4 | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 10 | -9,1 % | - | |
| 8 | -69,2 % | 50 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 4 | -69,2 % | - | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 13 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 13 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | -83,3 % | 2 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | 35 | |
| - | - | 13 | |
| - | - | 729 | |
| - | - | 5 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - |
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
13 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten12
- Wijkverbetering1