Wakefield Police Department

Wakefield Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Wakefield in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, based at 1 Union Street. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Wakefield limits in Middlesex County. Its area of responsibility covers patrol and response to calls for service, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations inside the city, and community policing programs that support local neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Wakefield sits across a Massachusetts jurisdiction where seasonal and year-round residents share the roads, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Wakefield should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Wakefield CDP, MA has an estimated population of 27,284.