Region · closed 24/04/2026
Brussels-Capital Region
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152 042provisional
-10,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (170 316)
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
121,07 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 1 255 795 on 1/1/2025)
Source: rapport_2025_trim4_reg_Region_de_Bruxelles_Capitale_fr.pdf · 157 pages
Local executive
Minister-President: Boris Dilliès
Party: MR
Since 14/02/2026 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source) · supplement (party, start date) (secondary source)
Government coalition: MR / PS / Les Engagés / Groen / Anders / Vooruit / CD&V
In office on 08/10/2026 · source (secondary source) · supplement (official source)
Next elections: municipal elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line. Counts: somme des communes de la région (sums, not an average of percentages).
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 1 255 834
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 36,7 %461 155 out of 1 255 834
2010 : 30,0 % · 2026 : 36,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 327 070 30,0 % 2011 352 344 31,5 % 2012 371 041 32,6 % 2013 381 771 33,1 % 2014 385 381 33,1 % 2015 398 726 33,9 % 2016 411 075 34,6 % 2017 414 139 34,8 % 2018 417 107 34,8 % 2019 422 097 34,9 % 2020 429 557 35,3 % 2021 432 697 35,5 % 2022 438 737 35,9 % 2023 458 152 36,9 % 2024 464 629 37,2 % 2025 467 055 37,2 % 2026 461 155 36,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*7,3 %(91 209)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries14,6 %(183 311)
- Non-EU2714,9 %(186 635)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin21,5 %(270 149)
- Belgians of foreign origin41,8 %(524 530)
- Non-Belgians36,7 %(461 155)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years21,0 %(263 454)
- 18-64 years65,7 %(824 650)
- 65 and over13,4 %(167 730)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
162,4 km² · 7 732 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
24 488 €total net taxable income, 662 954 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152 042 | -10,7 % | 158 064 | |
| 59 556 | -20,5 % | 90 266 | |
| 12 437 | +14,1 % | 5 800 | |
| 11 339 | -5,5 % | 8 477 | |
| 11 022 | -2,8 % | 11 535 | |
| 9 009 | -4,7 % | 1 | |
| 8 505 | -8,9 % | 11 337 | |
| 8 281 | -21,1 % | 3 278 | |
| 5 604 | -16,5 % | 34 | |
| 5 431 | +0,9 % | 5 085 | |
| 5 309 | +3,1 % | 1 388 | |
| 3 469 | +49,4 % | 808 | |
| 2 529 | -11,3 % | 5 794 | |
| 2 373 | -22,8 % | 1 502 | |
| 2 312 | -0,9 % | 1 491 | |
| 2 054 | -2,7 % | 1 561 | |
| 1 937 | -24,7 % | 1 178 | |
| 951 | +7,7 % | 67 | |
| 943 | +6,6 % | 2 357 | |
| 534 | -5,8 % | 528 | |
| 527 | +8,2 % | 213 | |
| 398 | +63,8 % | 82 | |
| 388 | +98,0 % | 621 | |
| 376 | +4,4 % | 1 369 | |
| 371 | -3,4 % | 195 | |
| 343 | +43,5 % | 180 | |
| 337 | +27,7 % | 383 | |
| 320 | -2,1 % | 605 | |
| 235 | -10,3 % | 23 | |
| 222 | -37,6 % | 410 | |
| 135 | +92,9 % | 90 | |
| 106 | -37,6 % | 389 | |
| 72 | -4,0 % | 1 | |
| 52 | -52,3 % | 37 | |
| 37 | +2,8 % | 909 | |
| 36 | -21,7 % | - | |
| 35 | +34,6 % | 5 | |
| 27 | -15,6 % | - | |
| 12 | +9,1 % | 88 | |
| 11 | -21,4 % | - | |
| 7 | +16,7 % | 1 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -85,7 % | - | |
| - | - | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels-Capital | Province | 152 042 | -10,7 % |
Crime types and phenomena, 2025
- Vol autre/Vol à la tire12 877
- Vol autre/Vol dans ou sur un véhicule11 080
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage dans bâtiment (total)7 158
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage dans habitation5 193
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence physique (voie publique)4 592
- Vol autre/Vol avec violence sans arme4 559
- Autre/Dégradation de voiture3 911
- Vol moyen de transport/Vol de vélo3 733
- Violence dans l'espace public/Violence psychique (voie publique)3 362
- Violence dans l'espace public/Vol avec violence sans arme (voie publique)2 952
- Criminalité ICT/Fraude de cartes de paiements2 567
- Violence intrafamiliale (VIF)/VIF: physique, dans le couple2 314
- Vol autre/Vol à l'arraché2 165
- Vol autre/Vol à l'étalage2 109
- Cambriolage/Cambriolage ds entreprise ou commerce1 661
- Autre/Cyberharcèlement1 296
- Autre/Fraude à l'identité1 288
- Vol moyen de transport/Vol de voiture1 273