Municipality · NIS 36015 · closed 24/04/2026
Roeselare
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5 252provisional
-1,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (5 353)
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
78,52 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 66 888 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Roeselare_fr.pdf · 138 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kris Declercq
List: cd&v | burgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v | burgemeester / Lokaal Liberaal / Vooruit
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
- 67 697
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 13,6 %9 223 out of 67 697
2010 : 2,8 % · 2026 : 13,6 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 628 2,8 % 2011 1 946 3,3 % 2012 2 318 3,9 % 2013 2 584 4,4 % 2014 2 902 4,9 % 2015 3 532 5,8 % 2016 4 135 6,8 % 2017 4 667 7,6 % 2018 5 232 8,4 % 2019 5 923 9,4 % 2020 6 422 10,1 % 2021 6 732 10,6 % 2022 7 234 11,2 % 2023 8 061 12,3 % 2024 8 552 12,9 % 2025 8 994 13,4 % 2026 9 223 13,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,6 %(408)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries6,8 %(4 632)
- Non-EU276,2 %(4 183)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin73,4 %(49 712)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,9 %(8 762)
- Non-Belgians13,6 %(9 223)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,5 %(13 220)
- 18-64 years59,4 %(40 234)
- 65 and over21,0 %(14 243)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
60,4 km² · 1 107 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 689 €total net taxable income, 39 192 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: 29,261
- Registered: 46,964 · turnout 62.6 %
- Blank and void: 146 (0.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | burgemeester | 11,396 | 38.9 % | 17 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 7,206 | 24.6 % | 10 |
| N-VA | 4,805 | 16.4 % | 6 |
| Vooruit | 2,556 | 8.7 % | 3 |
| Lokaal Liberaal | 1,819 | 6.2 % | 2 |
| GROEN | 1,479 | 5.1 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 252 | -1,9 % | 4 926 | |
| 1 371 | -11,0 % | 2 343 | |
| 527 | -6,7 % | 332 | |
| 470 | +32,0 % | - | |
| 465 | +8,6 % | 957 | |
| 462 | -2,5 % | 80 | |
| 324 | -4,1 % | 176 | |
| 254 | -4,5 % | 70 | |
| 227 | +14,6 % | 6 | |
| 221 | +5,2 % | 99 | |
| 203 | -16,5 % | 51 | |
| 125 | -4,6 % | 111 | |
| 118 | +2260,0 % | 309 | |
| 117 | +24,5 % | 43 | |
| 102 | -5,6 % | 13 | |
| 90 | -18,2 % | 30 | |
| 67 | -16,3 % | 54 | |
| 53 | +17,8 % | 67 | |
| 49 | +25,6 % | 50 | |
| 46 | -17,9 % | 144 | |
| 15 | +15,4 % | 2 | |
| 14 | +7,7 % | 6 | |
| 13 | +8,3 % | 19 | |
| 8 | +14,3 % | - | |
| 7 | +600,0 % | 26 | |
| 3 | - | - | |
| 3 | - | 225 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 5 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | 2 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 6 |
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
6 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten6