Asheville Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Asheville Police is the municipal department for the City of Asheville. It is separate from the Buncombe County Sheriff, Asheville ABC enforcement, campus police, and the airport public-safety department, all of which may appear in searches for Asheville-area policing.

How the agency is organized

The department’s published organization policy dated December 11, 2025 identifies Administration and Operations bureaus. The city’s Police Administration page provides command information, while the main police page separates services such as reporting, trespass-letter submissions, recruitment, and crime-prevention resources. These official organization and service materials provide a more reliable account than an undated third-party directory.

Official records and officer resources

The published non-emergency police number is 828-252-1110. The city website offers application guidance, eligibility information, report and tip resources, and public police-service pages. For an employee or disciplinary question, consult the department’s current published policies and appropriate city contacts. A command biography’s training credentials should not be mistaken for an accreditation or qualification held by the department as a whole.

FBI data · 2025

The following figures are from the FBI’s 2025 published agency tables. They describe a reporting period, not current staffing or an assessment of agency performance.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Asheville. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Asheville. Table_78_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_Cities_2025.xlsx

Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.

NC SBI data · 2024

The NC SBI record is published under Asheville. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 4,509.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel · SBI Index offenses by agency in county.

Personnel are a dated full-time payroll snapshot. Civilian classifications can include jail employees without outside police powers. These are not authorized-position or vacancy counts. Index-crime totals cover selected categories and are not totals of all crime.

Sources and review date

Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.

• Asheville Police Department — official information
• Asheville — Police Administration
• Asheville Police Policy 101 — organization, December 11, 2025
• City of Asheville: Report a crime, police front desk