According to a police union, almost 8,000 official reports were drawn up in Belgium last year for violence against police.

Omissions

• No accessible source publishes a specific figure of 'almost 8,000 official reports in 2025'; the closest official-style figure ('more than 8000 processen-verbaal per year') is dated May 2023, not 2025.
• The most recent union-cited figure found (VRT, 15 April 2026) is lower: 'about 7,000 cases of violence against the police per year', of which about 1,000 involve injured officers — and it refers to 'cases', not PVs.
• All figures come from police unions (VSOA and others) or from press articles citing police/union data, not from published official statistics (Federal Police annual report or the Federal Police's official violence-against-police monitoring), so the number is a union claim rather than a verified statistical series.
• The metric is loose: 'processen-verbaal' (official reports), 'feiten' (incidents) and 'gevallen' (cases) are used interchangeably in the sources and are not necessarily the same count.
• The VSOA states that the number of PVs for violence against public officials has risen by 19% in recent years, which is the trend context behind the absolute figure.

Sources

• SecondaryBRUZZElk jaar stelt de Belgische politie meer dan 8000 processen-verbaal op voor geweldplegingen tegen hun mensen en die cijfers lijken niet meteen ...
• SecondaryVRT NWSVolgens de vakbond zijn er per jaar zo'n 7.000 gevallen van geweld tegen de politie, waarvan er bij 1.000 feiten ook gewonde agenten aan te pas ...
• SecondaryVSOA Politie (police union) — 'Stop geweld' pageDe afgelopen jaren is het aantal processen-verbaal voor geweld tegen ambtenaren gestegen met 19%. Uit cijfers die het VSOA heeft opgevraagd bij de politie ...