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Belgium
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903 078provisional
-3,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (931 245)
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
76,37 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 825 551 on 1/1/2025)
Source: rapport_2025_trim4_nat_belgique_fr.pdf · 172 pages
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line. Counts: somme des toutes les communes de Belgique (sums, not an average of percentages).
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 11 867 634
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 13,8 %1 635 132 out of 11 867 634
2010 : 9,8 % · 2026 : 13,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 057 666 9,8 % 2011 1 119 256 10,2 % 2012 1 169 064 10,6 % 2013 1 195 122 10,8 % 2014 1 214 605 10,9 % 2015 1 255 286 11,2 % 2016 1 295 660 11,5 % 2017 1 327 776 11,7 % 2018 1 357 556 11,9 % 2019 1 391 425 12,2 % 2020 1 426 651 12,4 % 2021 1 447 853 12,6 % 2022 1 483 675 12,8 % 2023 1 573 273 13,4 % 2024 1 607 707 13,7 % 2025 1 634 924 13,8 % 2026 1 635 132 13,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,2 %(385 105)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,8 %(571 382)
- Non-EU275,7 %(678 645)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin63,4 %(7 522 691)
- Belgians of foreign origin22,8 %(2 709 811)
- Non-Belgians13,8 %(1 635 132)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(2 304 673)
- 18-64 years59,9 %(7 110 012)
- 65 and over20,7 %(2 452 949)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
30 689,6 km² · 385 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 100 €total net taxable income, 6 846 186 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.
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 903 078 | -3,0 % | 1 002 082 | |
| 240 890 | -9,6 % | 490 791 | |
| 87 574 | -3,0 % | 64 669 | |
| 78 756 | +0,2 % | 65 333 | |
| 73 290 | +8,9 % | 4 | |
| 66 486 | -4,7 % | 104 581 | |
| 63 770 | +2,6 % | 50 328 | |
| 62 276 | +0,7 % | 778 | |
| 46 077 | +1,9 % | 16 470 | |
| 37 465 | -1,1 % | 39 524 | |
| 35 996 | -7,4 % | 14 167 | |
| 27 869 | +16,4 % | 3 341 | |
| 21 742 | -9,7 % | 12 436 | |
| 20 488 | -5,9 % | 10 009 | |
| 16 626 | -7,0 % | 11 011 | |
| 16 222 | -1,6 % | 25 358 | |
| 15 993 | -1,3 % | 9 466 | |
| 10 147 | -3,2 % | 18 951 | |
| 9 188 | -4,6 % | 19 379 | |
| 7 833 | +1,7 % | 8 806 | |
| 5 096 | +0,9 % | 460 | |
| 3 653 | +4,6 % | 4 316 | |
| 3 391 | -19,7 % | 4 879 | |
| 2 868 | -0,2 % | 2 103 | |
| 1 915 | +2,1 % | 356 | |
| 1 581 | -3,0 % | 892 | |
| 1 536 | +36,2 % | 851 | |
| 1 421 | +35,1 % | 768 | |
| 1 091 | +46,8 % | 3 342 | |
| 871 | -8,5 % | 2 068 | |
| 801 | -18,5 % | 1 911 | |
| 723 | -16,0 % | 117 | |
| 349 | -6,9 % | 2 | |
| 313 | +18,1 % | 484 | |
| 253 | +24,6 % | 13 696 | |
| 205 | +22,8 % | 96 | |
| 183 | -12,4 % | - | |
| 174 | +12,3 % | 21 | |
| 75 | -9,6 % | 487 | |
| 66 | -18,5 % | - | |
| 60 | -22,1 % | - | |
| 37 | +2,8 % | 56 | |
| 4 | -50,0 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 553 |
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.
Breakdown
| Place | Type | 2025 prov. | Change 2025/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flemish Region | Region | 454 292 | -0,3 % |
| Walloon Region | Region | 296 741 | -2,7 % |
| Brussels-Capital Region | Region | 152 042 | -10,7 % |
Crime types and phenomena, 2025
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage dans bâtiment (total)44 375
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage dans habitation35 438
- Vol autre/Vol dans ou sur un véhicule35 029
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence physique (voie publique)28 128
- Vol moyen de transport/Vol de vélo23 688
- Vol autre/Vol à l'étalage21 899
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence psychique (voie publique)20 207
- Vol autre/Vol à la tire20 109
- Vol autre/Vol avec violence sans arme13 185
- Autre/Fraude à l'identité10 417
- Autre/Cyberharcèlement9 830
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence physique (endroit accessible au public)9 397
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence psychique (endroit accessible au public)7 440
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage ds entreprise ou commerce6 711
- Violence dans l'espace public/Vol avec violence sans arme (voie publique)6 485
- Vol moyen de transport/Vol de voiture6 228
- Vol autre/Vol à l'arraché4 668
- Drogues/Vente de cocaïne3 222