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Biltmore Forest Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Biltmore Forest Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police department
- County guides
- Buncombe County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 828-274-0822
- Published office location
- 355 Vanderbilt Road, behind Town Hall, Biltmore Forest, NC 28803
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Biltmore Forest Police serves the Town of Biltmore Forest. Its official page identifies the department directly behind Town Hall at 355 Vanderbilt Road, distinguishing the police contact from the town’s general telephone.
How the agency is organized
The department’s published leadership includes a chief who also holds a deputy-town-manager role, an assistant chief, a lieutenant, and a communications director. The town provides community-resource and employee pages. Published service links include alarm registration, dog registration, and requests for house checks, connecting routine policing with the needs of a predominantly residential municipality.
Official records and officer resources
The police number is 828-274-0822. The town’s police and employment pages are the primary resources for current contacts and municipal opportunities. The department’s mission statements express its own priorities and are not presented as an independent performance ranking. No dated personnel total or department founding date was established in the reviewed sources.
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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.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 0 |
| Property crime | 11 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Larceny-theft | 9 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1 |
| Arson | 0 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Biltmore Forest. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 13 |
| Civilian employees | 4 |
| Total full-time employees | 17 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Biltmore Forest. 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 Biltmore Forest. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 13 |
| Civilian employees | 5 |
| Total full-time employees | 18 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Larceny-theft | 7 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1 |
Published Index-crime total: 9.
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.
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