Raleigh Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Raleigh Police serves the city through district-based municipal policing. State Capitol Police, university police, the Wake sheriff and other agencies located in Raleigh retain separate responsibilities. A Raleigh mailing address is not proof of Raleigh Police jurisdiction over every facility.

How the agency is organized

The city identifies six police districts: Northwest, North, Northeast, Southeast, Downtown and Southwest. Its district-and-division directory supplies specific contacts. Department-wide policies and procedures are published separately, allowing readers to examine written standards without treating every district station as an independent agency.

Agency history and local context

The current city About page and district structure describe the present institution. A founding timeline was not reconstructed from secondary directories or assumed from Raleigh’s establishment as the state capital.

Official records and officer resources

Official district contacts help route neighborhood and service questions, while the policy page provides public directives and ethics information. Use current city records and recruitment routes for the appropriate request. The city identifies Police Headquarters at 111 West Hargett Street and publishes 919-996-3335 for headquarters contact; district contacts remain separate.

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: Raleigh. 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: Raleigh. 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 Raleigh. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 16,239.

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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