Municipality · NIS 36019 · closed 24/04/2026
Staden
407provisional
-8,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (445)
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
34,8 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 696 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Staden_fr.pdf · 112 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Ludwig Willaert
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / WESTAON
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
- 11 759
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 8,3 %971 out of 11 759
2010 : 0,8 % · 2026 : 8,3 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 93 0,8 % 2011 114 1,0 % 2012 141 1,3 % 2013 168 1,5 % 2014 218 2,0 % 2015 264 2,4 % 2016 296 2,6 % 2017 393 3,5 % 2018 445 3,9 % 2019 579 5,0 % 2020 661 5,7 % 2021 693 6,0 % 2022 756 6,6 % 2023 879 7,6 % 2024 920 7,9 % 2025 928 7,9 % 2026 971 8,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,3 %(40)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,7 %(550)
- Non-EU273,2 %(381)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin86,4 %(10 163)
- Belgians of foreign origin5,3 %(625)
- Non-Belgians8,3 %(971)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,8 %(2 332)
- 18-64 years59,2 %(6 966)
- 65 and over20,9 %(2 461)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
46,8 km² · 250 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 037 €total net taxable income, 6 766 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: 5,754
- Registered: 8,583 · turnout 68.2 %
- Blank and void: 99 (1.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 2,454 | 42.6 % | 10 |
| Open Vld Staden | 1,944 | 33.8 % | 7 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 681 | 11.8 % | 2 |
| WESTAON | 675 | 11.7 % | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | -8,5 % | 246 | |
| 69 | +43,8 % | - | |
| 56 | -35,6 % | 90 | |
| 43 | -31,7 % | 33 | |
| 41 | +36,7 % | 13 | |
| 33 | -2,9 % | 16 | |
| 33 | +57,1 % | 8 | |
| 21 | -4,5 % | 18 | |
| 18 | -10,0 % | 12 | |
| 15 | +25,0 % | 5 | |
| 14 | -39,1 % | 1 | |
| 12 | +20,0 % | 1 | |
| 11 | -15,4 % | 2 | |
| 9 | -30,8 % | 3 | |
| 7 | -36,4 % | - | |
| 6 | +20,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -58,3 % | 21 | |
| 4 | -42,9 % | 4 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 4 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
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| 1 | -87,5 % | 2 | |
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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.