FBI agency record
Winston-Salem Police Department
Forsyth County, North Carolina
Serves ~257,431 residents · UCR reported
The Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As of 2017, the department employed 559 sworn officers and 173 civilian employees. WSPD serves the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and operates across the city's approximately 133.8 square miles, which are divided into three patrol districts.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 490
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 154
- Part-time civilian
- 18
- Total FT employees
- 644
- Population served
- 248,112
- Operating budget
- $78,711,550
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 438
- Civilians (2025)
- 177
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
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POP conference activity
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