Trail of Treats Returns to the Greenway!

Come join us as we participate in the annual Halloween "Trail of Treats" at the Wilkes Greenway between the Wilkesboro's on October 25th from 4 pm until 8 pm! We will be giving away treats to all the ghosts and goblins!

Officer Darin Church Receives Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate
Officer Darin Church received his advanced law enforcement certificate during the quarterly meeting of the NC Criminal Justice Standards Commission in Apex, NC on Friday, August 29. The advance certificate is a professional standards award that takes years of experience, training and education to be earned. Congratulations Officer Church!



Report Charges Lowered
In a time when most things get more expensive, we are pleased to offer police report copies at $1.00 when picked up at the department. They were previously $2.50.


Welcome to our web site. We are proud to serve the citizens of Wilkesboro. Please feel free to explore our site and find out how we're working to keep Wilkesboro a great, safe place to live.

Please review the crimes section of our site and if you have information to help solve a crime you may possibly receive a REWARD by calling CRIMESTOPPERS. This Hot-Line is manned 24 hours a day / 365 days a year, and is unrecorded and untraced. No names need be given and no court appearance necessary. Wilkes County Crime Stoppers Hotline (336) 667-8900


We are pleased to announce our incident and accident reports are now available online for purchase for $ 2.50 for your convenience. To obtain a report click

WPD Reports Online .





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The Wilkesboro Police Department is a progressive organization staffed with 27 law enforcement professionals. We operate on a 24/7 schedule with an unprecedented call-for-service response time average of under five minutes. We have many divisions to adequately serve our fellow citizens:

Patrol Services

Criminal Investigations

Bicycle and Off Road Patrol

Special Weapons And Tactics "SWAT"

Crash Reconstruction

We also progressively guard our children's safety with our "Kids Identification" and "Safe Kids" programs.