NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Waxhaw Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Waxhaw Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police
- County guides
- Union County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 704-843-0353
- Published office location
- 3620 Providence Road South, Waxhaw, NC 28173
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Waxhaw Police provides municipal policing for the town. Its public crime-information page combines Waxhaw police and Union County sheriff incidents, so the displayed map should not be described as a complete dataset for every Union County municipal department.
How the agency is organized
The town identifies Administration, Community Police, Patrol, Detectives and Animal Control as five departmental divisions. Separate pages explain administrative staff, patrol services and recruitment. This functional structure is documented without relying on an undated employee total.
Agency history and local context
No department founding date was verified in the reviewed official sources. The current division and service descriptions provide a reliable operational account without assigning the town’s incorporation date to the police organization.
Official records and officer resources
Use the official recruitment page for current application requirements and the police hub for service contacts. The crime-statistics page explains the scope of its map; analysts should retain agency boundaries and reporting periods when using it alongside SBI or FBI data.
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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 | 11 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 8 |
| Property crime | 83 |
| Burglary | 15 |
| Larceny-theft | 61 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 7 |
| Arson | 2 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Waxhaw. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 36 |
| Civilian employees | 3 |
| Total full-time employees | 39 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Waxhaw. 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 Waxhaw. 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 | 34 |
| Civilian employees | 3 |
| Total full-time employees | 37 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 10 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Larceny-theft | 85 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3 |
Published Index-crime total: 114.
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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