How to prevent crimes and protect your family and belongings.

Apply to the Junior Police Academy

Apply to get hands on experience from The Asheville Police Department Explorer Post (#57). This is designed for applicants age 14 to 20.

Contact a school resource officer

School resource officers help protect our schools and provide guidance to youth about the juvenile court system and programs available to them.

Find cold weather emergency shelter

When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold.

Get a restraining order

Find out who can file for a protection order, what it covers, and where to go if you need one.

If you are a victim or witness of a crime

Learn about services available to support those who are recovering from emotional or physical injuries that occurred as a result of a crime or traumatic incident.

Make a home inventory

Learn how having a home inventory is essential to insurance claims or property recovery efforts in case of a disaster, fire, or a burglary.

Participate in National Night Out

Join this annual community-building campaign to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, and neighborhood camaraderie

Report crime using TIP2APD

This new tool, TIP2APD, enables the public to share anonymous tips with police officers and lets officers respond back to create an anonymous two-way conversation. 

Ride along with a Police Officer

The Asheville Police Department’s ride-along program is available to help community members understand the broad range of police duties and the vital role officers perform.  Community members who wish to participate in a ride-along with an APD officer must meet the following requirements: The participant must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. The participant must complete [...]

Sign up for AVL Alert

Keep updated through the City of Asheville on emergency and non-emergency subscriptions.

Submit a tip to the police

Instructions on how to submit an anonymous tip to the police via text, phone, email, or using an online form.

View crimes near me

The City provides multiple tools to explore crime statistics in your area, such as by neighborhood or within a certain distance from a specific address.

Water quality and advisories

View the yearly water quality report, current advisories and outages, as well as register to be notified of advisories in your area.

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