NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Cary Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Cary Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police
- County guides
- Wake County · Chatham County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 919-469-4012
- Published office location
- 120 Wilkinson Avenue, Cary, NC 27513
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Cross-county browsing links reflect the NC OSBM municipal land-area table for July 1, 2024. Some portions are small or unpopulated. These links are geographic context, not a current patrol-boundary determination; consult the agency for a specific address.
Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Cary Police serves the municipality. Its Field Operations, Special Operations, records and recruitment pages provide different perspectives on the same department. A district office or specialist team is not a separately counted agency.
How the agency is organized
Official material describes field operations and specialist services, with published staff contacts, records processing and recruiting functions. Volunteer and crime-prevention initiatives support police work but do not make volunteers sworn officers. Historical team descriptions and undated staffing details are not used as current employee counts.
Agency history and local context
The Special Operations page dates the Citizen Assisting Police program to 2000. That is a documented program milestone, not the founding year of Cary Police.
Official records and officer resources
The department publishes 919-469-4012 for non-emergency police reporting. Its Records page explains public incident-report requests and directs users to the relevant crash-report process. Applicants can consult the recruitment page for training and application information, including instructions applicable to officers certified elsewhere.
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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 | 138 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1 |
| Rape | 24 |
| Robbery | 16 |
| Aggravated assault | 97 |
| Property crime | 1,775 |
| Burglary | 131 |
| Larceny-theft | 1,494 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 150 |
| Arson | 8 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Cary. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 194 |
| Civilian employees | 46 |
| Total full-time employees | 240 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Cary. 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 Cary. 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 | 198 |
| Civilian employees | 69 |
| Total full-time employees | 267 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 3 |
| Rape | 14 |
| Robbery | 23 |
| Aggravated assault | 91 |
| Burglary | 162 |
| Larceny-theft | 2,051 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 186 |
Published Index-crime total: 2,530.
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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