Assault & Battery in Virginia
18,403 cases across 103 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 18,403 public court records from 2025, Assault & Battery cases across 103 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 67.0% and an average conviction rate of 25.4%. Statewide, 3.0% of Assault & Battery charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $279.
Dismissal rate includes judicial dismissals and nolle prosequi (prosecutor-dropped cases). Conviction rate includes guilty pleas and findings of guilt at trial. Rates are averaged across 103 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
18,403
Total Cases
67.0%
Avg Dismissal Rate
25.4%
Avg Conviction Rate
$279
Avg Fine
1.2 years
Avg Sentence
3.0%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | 1,188 | 78.8% | 15.9% | 2.5 months | $76 | 1.2 years |
| Prince William County | 979 | 69.6% | 27.0% | 3.5 months | $267 | 1.9 years |
| Newport News | 962 | 72.4% | 17.2% | 3.1 months | $109 | 11.3 months |
| Fairfax County | 914 | 86.3% | 10.0% | 3.6 months | $372 | 5.1 months |
| Richmond City | 859 | 67.0% | 20.4% | 2.7 months | $300 | 1.9 years |
| Virginia Beach | 836 | 67.6% | 28.9% | 2.7 months | $667 | 9.7 months |
| Chesterfield County | 733 | 64.0% | 28.2% | 3.0 months | $534 | 1.4 years |
| Hampton | 614 | 70.0% | 15.8% | 2.0 months | $300 | 1.7 years |
| Chesapeake | 575 | 68.1% | 25.2% | 2.7 months | $109 | 1.0 years |
| Henrico County | 566 | 54.7% | 26.1% | 3.1 months | $150 | 1.5 years |
| Portsmouth | 498 | 87.6% | 10.8% | 2.1 months | $324 | 10.5 months |
| Lynchburg | 469 | 53.0% | 33.5% | 3.0 months | $261 | 8.8 months |
| Roanoke City | 444 | 71.0% | 20.7% | 1.4 months | $285 | 8.7 months |
| Arlington County | 411 | 73.0% | 24.7% | 4.2 months | $375 | 11.1 months |
| Stafford County | 389 | 63.4% | 34.5% | 3.4 months | $275 | 1.2 years |
| Danville | 380 | 48.7% | 28.2% | 3.0 months | $169 | 1.6 years |
| Loudoun County | 325 | 67.4% | 27.4% | 3.5 months | $500 | 1.5 years |
| Spotsylvania County | 295 | 61.8% | 35.3% | 3.1 months | — | 3.5 years |
| Suffolk | 270 | 68.3% | 23.3% | 3.1 months | $1,000 | 1.2 years |
| Rockingham County | 258 | 54.6% | 43.0% | 3.2 months | $225 | 1.7 years |
| Alexandria | 225 | 73.6% | 23.2% | 3.7 months | $100 | 8.8 months |
| Charlottesville | 212 | 50.8% | 44.1% | 2.4 months | — | 6.9 months |
| Petersburg | 210 | 66.4% | 16.2% | 3.4 months | $250 | 10.8 months |
| Wise County | 210 | 77.5% | 19.7% | 2.7 months | — | 2.2 years |
| Montgomery County | 208 | 59.5% | 33.6% | 3.3 months | $250 | 7.1 months |
| Williamsburg | 191 | 53.1% | 42.2% | 3.7 months | — | 4.0 years |
| Hanover County | 174 | 54.9% | 30.6% | 3.7 months | $315 | 1.5 years |
| Albemarle County | 169 | 81.1% | 15.8% | 3.1 months | $100 | 1.3 years |
| Roanoke County | 159 | 70.1% | 24.9% | 2.8 months | $250 | 1.9 years |
| York County | 158 | 62.0% | 23.8% | 2.9 months | $109 | 8.5 months |
| Frederick County | 144 | 45.6% | 49.7% | 3.8 months | $1,012 | 1.6 years |
| Fredericksburg | 136 | 47.8% | 42.3% | 2.3 months | $100 | 6.8 months |
| Campbell County | 127 | 61.7% | 29.7% | 3.0 months | $100 | 2.5 years |
| Franklin County | 126 | 68.5% | 22.4% | 2.2 months | $117 | 7.7 months |
| Tazewell County | 125 | 58.2% | 30.1% | 4.0 months | $261 | 1.1 years |
| Augusta County | 120 | 72.1% | 25.8% | 2.9 months | $150 | 1.3 years |
| Caroline County | 116 | 70.4% | 22.9% | 4.8 months | — | 2.5 years |
| Halifax County | 110 | 49.9% | 31.3% | 2.3 months | $250 | 1.4 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 106 | 52.0% | 37.8% | 3.7 months | $445 | 2.7 years |
| Louisa County | 104 | 55.5% | 35.9% | 3.9 months | $200 | 7.7 months |
| Warren County | 98 | 44.8% | 43.4% | 3.8 months | $262 | 11.3 months |
| Winchester | 97 | 48.9% | 49.4% | 3.9 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Henry County | 93 | 29.4% | 46.3% | 2.9 months | $111 | 7.9 months |
| Colonial Heights | 93 | 67.9% | 20.6% | 3.6 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Bristol | 92 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 3.6 months | $136 | 7.7 months |
| Hopewell | 91 | 45.5% | 50.8% | 2.9 months | $150 | 1.8 years |
| Bedford County | 88 | 66.7% | 25.4% | 2.8 months | $75 | 6.0 months |
| Staunton | 88 | 49.3% | 50.7% | 3.7 months | — | 1.5 years |
| Pulaski County | 86 | 52.7% | 45.9% | 2.9 months | $25 | 1.9 years |
| Botetourt County | 83 | 58.0% | 35.2% | 2.6 months | $25 | 5.1 years |
| Gloucester County | 82 | 61.2% | 30.8% | 2.9 months | $250 | 1.5 years |
| Smyth County | 80 | 88.9% | 9.5% | 3.1 months | $275 | 5.0 months |
| Radford | 79 | 73.0% | 27.0% | 4.0 months | $281 | 10.1 months |
| Wythe County | 77 | 67.3% | 30.6% | 3.0 months | — | 4.9 months |
| Rockbridge County | 76 | 40.9% | 36.4% | 2.9 months | $100 | 5.8 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 73 | 59.0% | 34.4% | 2.9 months | — | 10.8 months |
| Accomack County | 72 | 69.6% | 10.7% | 3.0 months | $275 | 1.9 months |
| Shenandoah County | 71 | 59.7% | 40.3% | 5.9 months | $150 | 5.0 months |
| Washington County | 69 | 78.3% | 19.6% | 4.2 months | — | 5.9 months |
| Culpeper County | 66 | 60.0% | 30.9% | 2.8 months | $167 | 8.1 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 64 | 50.9% | 41.1% | 4.0 months | $50 | 3.0 years |
| Fauquier County | 60 | 48.0% | 41.1% | 3.6 months | — | 7.7 months |
| Carroll County | 59 | 85.4% | 12.5% | 1.9 months | — | 9.7 months |
| Waynesboro | 59 | 55.6% | 37.8% | 2.5 months | — | 6.3 months |
| Page County | 59 | 48.1% | 47.4% | 3.2 months | $250 | 7.5 months |
| Lee County | 58 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 1.9 months | $375 | 6.6 months |
| Salem | 58 | 72.5% | 22.5% | 4.1 months | — | 5.7 months |
| Alleghany County | 54 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 1.8 months | — | 6.2 months |
| Nottoway County | 51 | 42.2% | 35.6% | 2.9 months | — | 10.3 months |
| Southampton County | 50 | 36.6% | 54.1% | 3.4 months | $50 | 10.8 months |
| Prince Edward County | 49 | 69.2% | 23.1% | 2.5 months | — | 9.7 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 47 | 90.9% | 9.1% | 3.4 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Franklin City | 46 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 5.3 months | $50 | 6.7 months |
| Martinsville | 45 | 81.0% | 9.5% | 5.6 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Amherst County | 44 | 62.2% | 27.0% | 2.8 months | $150 | 8.3 months |
| Prince George County | 44 | 70.6% | 14.7% | 4.3 months | $250 | 10.1 months |
| Emporia | 42 | 46.2% | 42.3% | 4.7 months | $183 | 8.9 months |
| Scott County | 42 | 86.8% | 10.5% | 2.8 months | $250 | 2.7 months |
| Fairfax City | 40 | 68.4% | 26.3% | 3.3 months | $208 | 6.5 months |
| Northampton County | 40 | 58.1% | 32.3% | 4.0 months | $300 | 5.6 months |
| Orange County | 40 | 58.6% | 31.0% | 3.5 months | — | 8.5 months |
| Essex County | 39 | 75.0% | 16.7% | 3.3 months | — | 9.9 months |
| Galax | 38 | 38.5% | 53.8% | 2.5 months | — | 10.6 months |
| Westmoreland County | 36 | 89.7% | 6.9% | 2.8 months | — | 3.0 months |
| Brunswick County | 33 | 78.3% | 21.7% | 3.5 months | $100 | 10.6 months |
| Greene County | 33 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 4.3 months | — | 4.9 months |
| New Kent County | 32 | 86.2% | 6.9% | 2.5 months | — | 6.6 months |
| Nelson County | 29 | 65.2% | 17.4% | 2.4 months | $100 | 1.7 months |
| Buchanan County | 28 | 80.0% | 20.0% | 3.9 months | $100 | 3.2 months |
| Dickenson County | 27 | 77.3% | 9.1% | 2.3 months | $100 | 7.6 months |
| King George County | 27 | 81.0% | 19.0% | 3.7 months | — | 10.6 months |
| Powhatan County | 27 | 60.9% | 26.1% | 3.6 months | $250 | 11.1 months |
| Amelia County | 26 | 73.3% | 20.0% | 2.1 months | — | 10.1 months |
| Lunenburg County | 26 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 2.5 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Fluvanna County | 25 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 2.8 months | — | 4.0 months |
| Lancaster County | 25 | 76.2% | 9.5% | 1.7 months | — | 1.5 months |
| Appomattox County | 24 | 64.3% | 14.3% | 3.4 months | — | 9.1 months |
| Goochland County | 24 | 94.4% | 0.0% | 3.3 months | — | — |
| Charlotte County | 22 | 52.6% | 47.4% | 2.0 months | $100 | 5.0 months |
| Giles County | 22 | 70.6% | 17.6% | 2.5 months | — | 1.5 months |
| Buckingham County | 20 | 68.8% | 18.8% | 3.8 months | — | 1.0 months |
| King William County | 20 | 60.0% | 35.0% | 2.5 months | — | 7.6 months |
| Patrick County | 20 | 56.2% | 43.8% | 3.7 months | $333 | 9.7 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 18,403 cases analyzed across 103 jurisdictions. Last updated May 2, 2026. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Goochland County has the highest dismissal rate for Assault & Battery at 94.4%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 18,403 Assault & Battery cases were filed across 103 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 67.0%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Assault & Battery across Virginia is 25.4%, based on 2025 public court records. Rates vary by jurisdiction — use the comparison table above to see how each court differs. For guidance on your specific situation, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.
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