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Knightdale Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Knightdale Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police
- County guides
- Wake County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 919-217-2261
- Published office location
- 979 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale, NC
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Knightdale Police supplies municipal policing for the town. The official department emphasizes community partnerships and publishes both public-service and transparency resources. Raleigh–Wake communications handles dispatch routing without making the town agency a Raleigh Police division.
How the agency is organized
The police hub links a staff directory and a 2025 Year in Review, alongside reporting and community-program tools. The mission and values emphasize professional conduct, truthful reporting and constitutional responsibilities. A complete current rank structure was not verified and is not invented.
Agency history and local context
The 2025 Year in Review is a dated operational resource. It should be used with its reporting period intact rather than presented as a current live measure of crime or staffing.
Official records and officer resources
Official resources include online police reports, copies of reports, home checks, a citizens academy, ride-alongs, recruitment and an ALPR transparency portal. The front desk is 919-217-2261; Raleigh–Wake non-emergency communications is separately listed as 919-829-1911.
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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 | 46 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 3 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Aggravated assault | 38 |
| Property crime | 511 |
| Burglary | 32 |
| Larceny-theft | 449 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 30 |
| Arson | 1 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Knightdale. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 45 |
| Civilian employees | 4 |
| Total full-time employees | 49 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Knightdale. 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 Knightdale. 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 | 38 |
| Civilian employees | 6 |
| Total full-time employees | 44 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 4 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Aggravated assault | 31 |
| Burglary | 36 |
| Larceny-theft | 497 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 71 |
Published Index-crime total: 644.
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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