Home Burglary Risk in Belgium

Belgium-wide home security planning

Home Security Planning combines official Belgian burglary statistics with a practical assessment of your home’s physical security. You search by municipality (gemeente / commune); crime rates use the published PCS municipality series and Statbel population, with province (or Brussels-Capital regional) context — never invented street-level figures.

Official overview of burglary in Belgium

Belgium’s integrated police publish Home burglary as a criminal figure (Woninginbraak / cambriolage de domicile) in the Politiële Criminaliteitsstatistieken (PCS). Published national table totals for this figure combine attempts and completed offences unless a separate export dimension is used.

According to the official PCS national table extract used by Home Security Planning, Belgium recorded 35,438 Home burglary registrations in 2025 (figures through 31 December 2025; table closing date referenced in the source extract as 24 April 2026). That is lower than the same national series in 2016 (56,562). Missing years are never filled with invented values — the published series for 2016–2025 is continuous in this extract.

Source: Federale Politie / Police fédérale — PCS criminele figuren (Home burglary / Woninginbraak) national table · politie.be statistics table. For national figures, year-on-year context, and methodology notes, open the Belgium burglary statistics hub.

How burglary data is reported in Belgium

Where municipality-level crime data is available, statistics come from publicly available official government and police datasets:

• Federal Police PCS — Home burglary (Woninginbraak / cambriolage de domicile) registered facts at municipality (gemeente / commune level, as published in official PCS tables and exports.
• Statbel population — Municipality population for rate calculation and header context; province (or Brussels-Capital) population for benchmark rates.
• Province / regional benchmarks — Municipality rates compared with the matching province average, or the Brussels-Capital regional average for the capital communes.
• Clear disclosures — Reports explain municipality vs province geography, that attempts and completed offences are combined in the published Home burglary export used here, and that special geographies (for example airport, North Sea, border posts) are excluded from municipality totals.
• Missing ≠ zero — Years without a published official count are omitted from trends; they are never shown as zero.

Coverage methodology

Search geography: municipality (gemeente / commune), with province used to disambiguate duplicate names.

Crime reporting geography: municipality PCS Home burglary counts where published. Rates use municipality burglary ÷ municipality population. The comparison benchmark is the province rate (or Brussels-Capital regional rate) built from matched municipality sums — not an invented street or neighbourhood rate.

National context: the Belgium crime hub shows the official national PCS series for Home burglary. A national average alone does not describe your municipality; use the free assessment for your locality.

Why municipality-level burglary data matters

Burglary counts and rates differ across municipalities and provinces. A Belgium-wide total does not tell you about your gemeente. Where PCS municipality data is available, we use your locality’s official Home burglary statistics to contextualise your home’s security plan.

Combined with a detailed assessment of doors, locks, windows, lighting, alarms, and cameras, you receive a personalised 0–100 score and prioritised recommendations for practical upgrades.

Personalised assessment

1. Select your province and municipality

We look up official Federal Police PCS Woninginbraak data for your municipality and show Statbel population context.

2. Answer quick security questions

Tell us about your doors, locks, windows, lighting, and security systems (takes 3–5 minutes).

3. Get your personalised score & PDF

Receive a 0–100 Home Security Score with prioritised recommendations and a downloadable PDF report — free, with zero personal data collected.

Further reading

Explore practical guides from our Home Security Information Series:

• Home security in Belgium — housing patterns and priority layers for Belgian homes.
• Belgium burglary statistics hub — official national PCS context and methodology.
• Home security assessment guide — how the score and recommendations work.
• Understanding local burglary trends — how to interpret area statistics responsibly.
• Why deadlocks matter — entry resistance fundamentals.
• Layered home security — combining physical, detection, and deterrence measures.
• Apartment security guide — renter-friendly and multi-unit considerations.
• Full Information Series index

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