Assault & Battery in Virginia
44,996 cases across 122 jurisdictions · 2023–2024
According to 44,996 public court records from 2023–2024, Assault & Battery cases across 122 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 65.7% and an average conviction rate of 27.3%. Statewide, 3.8% of Assault & Battery charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $332.
Facing Assault & Battery charges in Virginia? Dismissal rates range from 24.3% to 85.6% depending on the court. An attorney who knows your court can tell you what this means — free, no obligation.
Ask a Virginia attorney — freeDismissal 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 122 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2023–2024 public court records. Last updated: December 2024
44,996
Total Cases
65.7%
Avg Dismissal Rate
27.3%
Avg Conviction Rate
$332
Avg Fine
2.6 years
Avg Sentence
3.8%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | 2,390 | 74.5% | 17.4% | 2.8 months | $178 | 1.9 years |
| Newport News | 2,385 | 71.3% | 19.1% | 3.6 months | $240 | 4.0 years |
| Fairfax County | 2,312 | 83.7% | 14.1% | 4.1 months | $410 | 5.2 months |
| Prince William County | 2,152 | 70.8% | 25.8% | 5.1 months | $211 | 4.8 years |
| Richmond City | 1,987 | 65.7% | 24.7% | 3.3 months | $142 | 2.4 years |
| Chesterfield County | 1,847 | 65.3% | 27.0% | 3.8 months | $472 | 2.3 years |
| Virginia Beach | 1,844 | 64.7% | 31.2% | 3.2 months | $667 | 1.6 years |
| Chesapeake | 1,418 | 73.8% | 20.5% | 3.8 months | $315 | 3.2 years |
| Hampton | 1,261 | 63.9% | 19.5% | 3.5 months | $155 | 2.1 years |
| Henrico County | 1,213 | 52.4% | 35.9% | 3.7 months | $294 | 2.6 years |
| Portsmouth | 1,209 | 79.8% | 17.2% | 2.9 months | $125 | 2.3 years |
| Arlington County | 972 | 67.4% | 28.8% | 6.6 months | $346 | 1.9 years |
| Roanoke City | 944 | 71.1% | 21.5% | 1.6 months | $126 | 10.0 months |
| Stafford County | 871 | 63.4% | 32.5% | 4.5 months | $277 | 2.1 years |
| Lynchburg | 823 | 59.7% | 29.0% | 3.2 months | $171 | 1.2 years |
| Suffolk | 821 | 72.9% | 22.2% | 4.0 months | $327 | 2.5 years |
| Danville | 752 | 62.8% | 28.9% | 3.0 months | $206 | 1.3 years |
| Loudoun County | 705 | 71.1% | 26.0% | 4.9 months | $1,214 | 2.6 years |
| Spotsylvania County | 692 | 61.9% | 33.1% | 3.9 months | $759 | 2.2 years |
| Petersburg | 569 | 60.1% | 20.9% | 3.9 months | $538 | 2.4 years |
| Rockingham County | 554 | 57.2% | 34.7% | 4.5 months | $195 | 2.9 years |
| Alexandria | 493 | 72.7% | 26.6% | 3.8 months | $100 | 5.3 months |
| Montgomery County | 464 | 64.1% | 31.5% | 5.3 months | $1,367 | 1.8 years |
| Williamsburg | 461 | 49.4% | 42.5% | 4.5 months | $470 | 2.3 years |
| Tazewell County | 441 | 66.3% | 24.1% | 4.6 months | $145 | 3.4 years |
| Augusta County | 416 | 68.6% | 30.3% | 4.2 months | $183 | 2.8 years |
| Charlottesville | 415 | 60.5% | 36.7% | 3.0 months | $423 | 6.3 months |
| Roanoke County | 415 | 68.1% | 24.4% | 4.5 months | $100 | 1.8 years |
| Hanover County | 374 | 51.3% | 40.7% | 4.4 months | $177 | 1.9 years |
| York County | 371 | 65.5% | 22.5% | 3.9 months | $167 | 5.2 years |
| Fredericksburg | 346 | 54.7% | 33.4% | 2.3 months | $125 | 11.5 months |
| Frederick County | 341 | 50.6% | 46.0% | 5.1 months | $274 | 2.3 years |
| Albemarle County | 324 | 67.6% | 29.1% | 4.6 months | — | 3.9 years |
| Wise County | 316 | 73.9% | 24.1% | 4.1 months | $792 | 2.6 years |
| Hopewell | 308 | 56.8% | 33.6% | 4.2 months | $917 | 3.1 years |
| Winchester | 287 | 50.0% | 49.2% | 5.7 months | $169 | 2.3 years |
| Campbell County | 283 | 58.6% | 35.3% | 4.0 months | $1,000 | 1.5 years |
| Smyth County | 268 | 65.2% | 32.8% | 5.0 months | $327 | 2.2 years |
| Dinwiddie County | 264 | 59.0% | 37.9% | 3.7 months | $150 | 3.7 years |
| Franklin County | 260 | 71.2% | 19.9% | 3.3 months | $110 | 5.4 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 257 | 56.7% | 27.4% | 4.1 months | $117 | 3.6 years |
| Warren County | 256 | 52.2% | 45.6% | 4.9 months | $500 | 1.3 years |
| Halifax County | 255 | 64.4% | 31.4% | 3.7 months | $125 | 3.8 years |
| Henry County | 255 | 42.4% | 41.4% | 3.3 months | $182 | 2.2 years |
| Washington County | 243 | 55.5% | 37.9% | 5.4 months | $917 | 7.7 years |
| Shenandoah County | 238 | 55.4% | 42.0% | 8.8 months | $1,050 | 1.6 years |
| Bedford County | 237 | 61.1% | 26.6% | 3.5 months | $250 | 1.8 years |
| Bristol | 237 | 69.0% | 27.2% | 4.5 months | $197 | 11.3 months |
| Staunton | 234 | 65.3% | 34.1% | 5.1 months | $100 | 4.3 years |
| Gloucester County | 233 | 56.8% | 32.4% | 3.4 months | $212 | 3.0 years |
| Pulaski County | 217 | 69.5% | 27.7% | 3.3 months | $25 | 1.4 years |
| Wythe County | 214 | 69.3% | 26.8% | 3.6 months | $488 | 11.2 months |
| Fauquier County | 202 | 62.5% | 32.1% | 3.8 months | $450 | 2.6 years |
| Colonial Heights | 195 | 56.2% | 24.7% | 3.7 months | — | 1.4 years |
| Prince George County | 195 | 61.4% | 28.8% | 5.4 months | $575 | 4.8 years |
| Mecklenburg County | 194 | 65.9% | 31.9% | 6.4 months | — | 11.8 years |
| Orange County | 183 | 64.8% | 28.9% | 3.6 months | $500 | 2.0 years |
| Louisa County | 181 | 60.9% | 27.5% | 4.0 months | $75 | 1.3 years |
| Botetourt County | 179 | 47.0% | 49.7% | 5.9 months | — | 7.1 years |
| Salem | 179 | 65.4% | 32.1% | 4.0 months | $240 | 1.2 years |
| Caroline County | 178 | 59.1% | 21.2% | 3.5 months | $100 | 5.0 years |
| Waynesboro | 178 | 63.5% | 31.8% | 2.7 months | $100 | 1.0 years |
| Alleghany County | 177 | 47.2% | 46.5% | 3.0 months | — | 4.2 years |
| Accomack County | 175 | 58.2% | 26.7% | 3.4 months | $211 | 5.3 years |
| Buchanan County | 175 | 56.2% | 29.9% | 6.1 months | $100 | 2.0 years |
| Rockbridge County | 172 | 47.8% | 42.6% | 3.9 months | $625 | 2.7 years |
| Culpeper County | 171 | 53.4% | 39.9% | 3.8 months | $271 | 11.1 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 168 | 55.8% | 39.1% | 4.2 months | $130 | 2.3 years |
| Page County | 168 | 52.5% | 39.6% | 4.9 months | $250 | 2.3 years |
| Carroll County | 161 | 53.1% | 39.2% | 4.5 months | $625 | 4.2 years |
| Scott County | 158 | 58.3% | 40.2% | 4.4 months | $523 | 2.3 years |
| Southampton County | 154 | 56.5% | 36.1% | 4.4 months | $450 | 3.9 years |
| Radford | 151 | 57.9% | 40.5% | 6.6 months | $690 | 3.1 years |
| Martinsville | 148 | 47.5% | 42.4% | 3.6 months | $207 | 2.1 years |
| Westmoreland County | 143 | 45.8% | 40.2% | 5.4 months | — | 3.9 years |
| Amherst County | 139 | 65.5% | 22.4% | 3.4 months | $200 | 7.5 months |
| Prince Edward County | 139 | 70.8% | 26.5% | 4.4 months | — | 3.6 years |
| Nottoway County | 124 | 62.7% | 26.5% | 3.3 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Patrick County | 124 | 42.9% | 53.6% | 4.5 months | $169 | 3.6 years |
| Lee County | 123 | 82.5% | 17.5% | 3.0 months | $200 | 8.2 years |
| Galax | 113 | 51.7% | 41.4% | 3.2 months | $100 | 11.9 months |
| Buckingham County | 110 | 75.0% | 18.8% | 5.6 months | $61 | 9.3 years |
| Franklin City | 109 | 85.6% | 11.1% | 4.8 months | $712 | 8.1 months |
| Dickenson County | 108 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 6.6 months | $81 | 4.6 years |
| Northampton County | 107 | 58.8% | 37.5% | 3.4 months | $201 | 2.4 years |
| Brunswick County | 100 | 55.7% | 40.0% | 5.7 months | $100 | 3.3 years |
| Lancaster County | 97 | 65.4% | 17.3% | 2.9 months | $100 | 6.5 years |
| Grayson County | 95 | 44.9% | 47.4% | 6.1 months | $250 | 2.6 years |
| Emporia | 94 | 57.5% | 35.6% | 5.5 months | $275 | 10.4 months |
| New Kent County | 93 | 53.1% | 35.8% | 3.9 months | $488 | 1.7 years |
| Fairfax City | 85 | 67.1% | 31.6% | 3.5 months | $386 | 5.0 months |
| Essex County | 84 | 69.3% | 20.0% | 3.1 months | — | 2.3 years |
| Powhatan County | 84 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 4.5 months | $350 | 2.1 years |
| King George County | 82 | 71.4% | 18.6% | 3.8 months | $200 | 3.1 years |
| Appomattox County | 80 | 60.7% | 37.7% | 4.5 months | — | 4.7 years |
| Fluvanna County | 78 | 39.7% | 48.3% | 4.1 months | — | 1.7 years |
| Lunenburg County | 76 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 3.4 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Greensville County | 74 | 59.7% | 35.5% | 4.3 months | — | 5.0 years |
| Russell County | 74 | 48.1% | 38.5% | 8.1 months | — | 6.2 years |
| Nelson County | 73 | 45.0% | 38.3% | 4.1 months | $50 | 2.7 years |
| Greene County | 72 | 57.8% | 37.5% | 4.5 months | — | 2.0 years |
| Middlesex County | 71 | 57.6% | 25.4% | 4.8 months | $217 | 4.1 years |
| Amelia County | 70 | 68.8% | 29.2% | 3.5 months | $100 | 7.0 years |
| Northumberland County | 69 | 55.9% | 35.6% | 5.1 months | — | 4.6 years |
| Charlotte County | 68 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 4.0 months | — | 2.9 years |
| Sussex County | 64 | 66.0% | 18.0% | 5.5 months | $100 | 1.7 years |
| Richmond County | 63 | 74.4% | 20.5% | 5.1 months | — | 9.1 months |
| Floyd County | 58 | 56.4% | 33.3% | 5.0 months | — | 3.8 years |
| Goochland County | 55 | 46.3% | 51.2% | 6.8 months | $250 | 7.1 years |
| King William County | 55 | 67.4% | 16.3% | 4.0 months | — | 5.2 months |
| Cumberland County | 53 | 80.0% | 7.5% | 4.0 months | — | 6.7 years |
| King and Queen County | 47 | 77.8% | 16.7% | 3.1 months | — | 1.4 years |
| Madison County | 44 | 24.3% | 73.0% | 3.4 months | $300 | 5.0 years |
| Mathews County | 44 | 48.6% | 32.4% | 3.4 months | $50 | 1.1 years |
| Buena Vista | 43 | 64.3% | 35.7% | 5.5 months | — | 7.6 months |
| Bland County | 39 | 67.6% | 8.8% | 3.0 months | — | 2.7 months |
| Rappahannock County | 39 | 67.7% | 29.0% | 4.0 months | $250 | 5.9 years |
| Clarke County | 38 | 59.3% | 33.3% | 7.1 months | — | 4.9 years |
| Giles County | 37 | 72.4% | 24.1% | 3.8 months | — | 7.0 months |
| Falls Church | 31 | 73.9% | 21.7% | 7.4 months | — | 6.9 months |
| Charles City County | 21 | 35.3% | 41.2% | 3.9 months | $500 | 8.6 months |
| Craig County | 21 | 78.9% | 21.1% | 2.1 months | — | 1.0 years |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024. 44,996 cases analyzed across 122 jurisdictions. Last updated December 2024. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Franklin City has the highest dismissal rate for Assault & Battery at 85.6%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 44,996 Assault & Battery cases were filed across 122 Virginia jurisdictions in 2023–2024, with an average dismissal rate of 65.7%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Assault & Battery across Virginia is 27.3%, based on 2023-2024 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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