Kernersville Police Department | NC Agency Directory

Agency or unit type: Municipal police
County guides: Forsyth County · Guilford County
Official website: Visit the official agency website
Published contact: 336-996-3177
Published office location: Stockton Law Enforcement Center, 134 East Mountain Street, Kernersville, NC 27284
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The department is the municipal police organization serving Kernersville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. Its town or city role is distinct from the county sheriff and from any campus or special-purpose agency operating nearby.

How the agency is organized

The department publishes command-staff and special-operations information. Its administrative offices are described as being in the Stockton Law Enforcement Center at Town Hall. Its impaired-driving task force is a multi-agency partnership with Winston-Salem Police and the Forsyth sheriff.

Official records and officer resources

Use the agency command and special-operations pages for official organization details. A task-force assignment does not change the employee's underlying agency or create an additional police department.

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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.

FBI · 2025 reported offenses — agency scope
Offense category	Published count
Violent crime	63
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1
Rape	6
Robbery	11
Aggravated assault	45
Property crime	811
Burglary	63
Larceny-theft	695
Motor vehicle theft	53
Arson	2

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

FBI · full-time personnel on October 31, 2025
Personnel category	Published count
Sworn officers	69
Civilian employees	20
Total full-time employees	89

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Kernersville. 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 Kernersville. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

NC SBI · full-time personnel on October 31, 2024
Personnel category	Published count
Sworn officers	64
Civilian employees	21
Total full-time employees	85

NC SBI · 2024 Index offenses · Kernersville · Forsyth County (agency row)
Offense category	Published count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2
Rape	3
Robbery	7
Aggravated assault	54
Burglary	99
Larceny-theft	759
Motor vehicle theft	42

Published Index-crime total: 966.

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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