Latest official data
2025
Official crime information
Burglary statistics in Belgium
Official national burglary (woninginbraak) figures for Belgium, with locality rates available in the free assessment.
Latest official national year: 2025
Key official figures
Residential burglaries
35,438official national total
National rate
3.0per 1,000 residents
Year-on-year change
Down 7.6%vs 2024
What the trend means
In 2025, the official national total for home burglary (Woninginbraak / cambriolage de domicile) was 35,438 (Federale Politie / Police fédérale (PCS)). Compared with 2024, the national total fell by 7.6%. Over the published series 2016–2025, the latest total is 37.3% lower than 2016. These national totals describe the whole country. Locality rates use municipality (gemeente / commune) reporting geography and are available in the free assessment.
National totals summarise the official published series. Locality rates use the reporting geography named above.
What these figures cover
Belgium
National official series (locality rates in the assessment)
National totals on this page come from Federale Politie / Police fédérale (PCS) (Federale Politie / Police fédérale — Politiële Criminaliteitsstatistieken (PCS) criminele figuren national table). Locality rates use municipality (gemeente / commune) reporting geography and are available in the free assessment. National PCS Home burglary totals combine attempts and completed offences as published. Rate per 1,000 is shown only for years with a validated Statbel population pairing. Municipality assessment rates use gemeente PCS counts — not national apportionment. Special non-municipality geographies are excluded from municipality totals.
Source: Federale Politie — Politiële Criminaliteitsstatistieken (PCS)
Further coverage detail
National totals on this page come from Federale Politie / Police fédérale (PCS). Dedicated municipality statistics pages are added when official datasets are ready. Locality rates are available through the free assessment — missing coverage is never shown as zero crime.
2025
National figures
Not yet published
municipality pages
Not yet published
Locality pages
Available through assessment
Locality rates
- Official sources only
- No estimated crime figures
- Missing coverage ≠ zero crime
Browse by municipality
The primary browse path for Belgium is by Municipalities (gemeenten / communes). Dedicated statistics pages for those areas expand here as validated official datasets are published.
Locality rates at Gemeente / commune level are available now in the free assessment — the same official sources used across Home Security Planning.
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Common questions
- What is the latest official national burglary total for Belgium?
- For 2025, the official national total is 35,438 recorded home burglary (Woninginbraak / cambriolage de domicile) offences (Federale Politie / Police fédérale (PCS)). National PCS Home burglary totals combine attempts and completed offences as published. Rate per 1,000 is shown only for years with a validated Statbel population pairing. Municipality assessment rates use gemeente PCS counts — not national apportionment. Special non-municipality geographies are excluded from municipality totals. Locality rates use municipality (gemeente / commune) reporting geography and appear in the free assessment.
- Will municipality statistics pages appear here?
- Yes. Dedicated municipality pages are added when each official dataset is ready and checked for comparable offence definitions and geography. Until then, locality figures remain available in the free assessment.
- Is the home security assessment free?
- Yes. The assessment, personalised score, ranked recommendations, and PDF summary are free with no account required to start.
Official sources
These organisations publish the official statistics summarised on this page.
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