5Buggenhout
Buggenhout, Belgium: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime
5/10 in Belgium · 8/10 in the world
Compared with 285 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 10,850 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by Federal Police (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Murder | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Attempts included (one record per police report, completed or attempted). | |||
| Manslaughter | 2 | 13.3 | 9.1 |
| Attempts included. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Assault within the family | 22 | 145.9 | 206.1 |
| Assault outside the family | 34 | 225.5 | 347.5 |
| Failure to help a person in danger | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Other intentional offences against the person | 1 | 6.6 | 30.8 |
| All offences against physical integrity less the lines above; also female genital mutilation and breaches of international humanitarian law. | |||
| Unintentional injury or death | 2 | 13.3 | 14.3 |
| Torture and ill-treatment | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 4 | 26.5 | 9.7 |
| Robbery without a weapon | 4 | 26.5 | 66.6 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Car theft | 4 | 26.5 | 24.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 26 | 172.4 | 263.8 |
| Theft from a vehicle | 18 | 119.4 | 136.8 |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 13.3 | 211 |
| Home burglary | 36 | 238.7 | 218.2 |
| Pickpocketing | 2 | 13.3 | 45.3 |
| Bag snatching | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Other theft and extortion | 34 | 225.5 | 576.1 |
| All theft and extortion less the theft and robbery lines above. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug possession | 24 | 159.2 | 386.8 |
| Drug dealing | 3 | 19.9 | 69.1 |
| Drug use | 0 | 0 | 16.8 |
| Other drug offences | 0 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Damage to property | 39 | 258.6 | 513.6 |
| Drunkenness and alcohol | 20 | 132.6 | 191.5 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud | 106 | 703 | 620.2 |
| Offences against morals | 48 | 318.3 | 298.6 |
| Includes sexual offences, which are not published separately by gemeente: sexual offences have no figure of their own. | |||
| Immigration law | 19 | 126 | 235 |
| Offences against public safety | 24 | 159.2 | 249.9 |
| Population register offences | 34 | 225.5 | 166.1 |
| Computer crime | 55 | 364.7 | 618.7 |
| Public health offences | 0 | 0 | 11.3 |
| Forgery and offences against public trust | 11 | 72.9 | 110.3 |
| Weapons and explosives | 9 | 59.7 | 97.1 |
| Youth protection | 41 | 271.9 | 255.7 |
| Other offences | 78 | 517.3 | 527.9 |
Source: Federal Police, updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 2 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 59 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Theft and burglary | 122 |
| Drugs | 27 |
| Damage and public order | 59 |
| Other | 425 |
Living
8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.4 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 7/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: Vrije lagere school Sint-Vincentius 940 m
- School: Gemeentelijke Basisschool Buggenhout 't Sprinkhaantje 970 m
- School: Basisschool Vierhuizen 990 m
- School: Sint-Vincentiuscollege 1.0 km
- School: Kiempunt campus Buggenhout 1.0 km
- Bus stop: Buggenhout Leemputten 250 m
- Bus stop: Buggenhout Leemputten 270 m
- Bus stop: Buggenhout Kalkenstraat 400 m
- Railway station: Buggenhout 870 m
- Doctor or clinic: Dr. Christian Vanhecke 1.8 km
- A&E: Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Blasius 6.8 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 120 m
- Supermarket: AD Delhaize 660 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
