Assault & Battery in Virginia
24,028 cases across 111 jurisdictions · 2025
Charge statistics were restated in July 2026 — cases are now grouped by the Virginia Code section charged. What changed and why
Of 24,028 assault & battery cases filed in 2025 across 111 Virginia jurisdictions, 17,528 reached an outcome — an average dismissal rate of 65.6% and an average conviction rate of 27.6%. Statewide, 6.9% of Assault & Battery charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $274.
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 111 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: July 8, 2026
Key takeaways
- Across 111 Virginia jurisdictions, Assault & Battery cases had an average dismissal rate of 65.6% and conviction rate of 27.6% in 2025 (24,028 cases).
- Dismissal rates ranged from 28.6% in Greensville County to 94.4% in Goochland County among jurisdictions with assault & battery data.
- Statewide, 6.9% of Assault & Battery charges were reduced to a lesser offense.
24,028
Total Cases
65.6%
Avg Dismissal Rate
▲ vs 40.5% all charges
27.6%
Avg Conviction Rate
▼ vs 58.1% all charges
$274
Avg Fine
1.2 years
Avg Sentence
6.9%
Charge Reduction Rate
Exhibit · Outcomes vary by court
Where Assault & Battery cases are dismissed or dropped, by jurisdiction
Across the 10 busiest courts85.7% in Fairfax County to 52.0% in Henrico County — same charge, different result by court.
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | 1,411 | 73.7% | 21.1% | 2.9 months | $335 | 1.1 years |
| Fairfax County | 1,406 | 85.7% | 11.6% | 3.4 months | $349 | 5.1 months |
| Virginia Beach | 1,179 | 60.9% | 35.3% | 3.4 months | $472 | 1.0 years |
| Prince William County | 1,173 | 71.0% | 26.0% | 4.6 months | $267 | 1.2 years |
| Newport News | 1,062 | 73.2% | 17.7% | 3.9 months | $134 | 11.2 months |
| Richmond City | 994 | 64.8% | 23.9% | 2.8 months | $300 | 1.7 years |
| Chesterfield County | 969 | 65.4% | 28.1% | 3.5 months | $451 | 1.3 years |
| Henrico County | 791 | 52.0% | 32.9% | 3.4 months | $117 | 1.5 years |
| Chesapeake | 659 | 72.0% | 21.8% | 3.6 months | $96 | 1.0 years |
| Portsmouth | 628 | 80.1% | 18.0% | 2.4 months | $276 | 11.0 months |
| Hampton | 583 | 71.9% | 15.3% | 3.4 months | $287 | 1.2 years |
| Roanoke City | 570 | 66.0% | 27.3% | 1.6 months | $274 | 10.2 months |
| Arlington County | 569 | 71.4% | 26.3% | 3.3 months | $375 | 10.5 months |
| Lynchburg | 550 | 53.9% | 33.6% | 3.9 months | $305 | 8.6 months |
| Stafford County | 502 | 62.8% | 34.9% | 3.5 months | $211 | 1.1 years |
| Loudoun County | 453 | 63.8% | 32.2% | 3.0 months | $200 | 1.4 years |
| Danville | 430 | 48.3% | 29.9% | 3.4 months | $164 | 1.2 years |
| Suffolk | 372 | 68.5% | 23.8% | 3.7 months | $1,000 | 1.4 years |
| Spotsylvania County | 354 | 65.3% | 32.2% | 3.9 months | $50 | 3.0 years |
| Rockingham County | 320 | 51.6% | 42.7% | 3.6 months | $305 | 2.2 years |
| Petersburg | 293 | 60.0% | 24.6% | 3.5 months | $250 | 1.2 years |
| Alexandria | 292 | 73.0% | 24.1% | 3.7 months | $100 | 10.6 months |
| Hanover County | 264 | 53.2% | 32.5% | 4.0 months | $337 | 1.7 years |
| Montgomery County | 263 | 60.6% | 33.3% | 3.6 months | $288 | 1.3 years |
| Williamsburg | 262 | 53.9% | 40.3% | 4.2 months | — | 3.3 years |
| Wise County | 260 | 70.5% | 27.0% | 4.3 months | $344 | 1.9 years |
| Charlottesville | 252 | 47.8% | 47.0% | 2.5 months | $500 | 10.4 months |
| Albemarle County | 234 | 79.2% | 18.4% | 3.3 months | $100 | 1.0 years |
| York County | 206 | 59.6% | 29.2% | 3.2 months | $109 | 11.5 months |
| Roanoke County | 194 | 68.6% | 27.0% | 3.5 months | $250 | 1.3 years |
| Fredericksburg | 191 | 44.0% | 45.7% | 2.7 months | $155 | 9.9 months |
| Frederick County | 181 | 47.1% | 49.5% | 3.8 months | $688 | 1.5 years |
| Augusta County | 173 | 64.8% | 33.4% | 3.5 months | $150 | 1.5 years |
| Campbell County | 156 | 59.2% | 33.8% | 3.5 months | $115 | 1.9 years |
| Halifax County | 156 | 54.1% | 31.3% | 3.2 months | $212 | 1.8 years |
| Henry County | 152 | 37.1% | 46.6% | 3.2 months | $132 | 1.3 years |
| Franklin County | 147 | 68.2% | 23.9% | 2.3 months | $117 | 9.0 months |
| Rockbridge County | 143 | 47.0% | 38.0% | 3.3 months | $100 | 10.3 months |
| Pulaski County | 140 | 47.6% | 51.2% | 3.8 months | $113 | 1.8 years |
| Tazewell County | 139 | 55.9% | 31.1% | 5.9 months | $264 | 2.0 years |
| Warren County | 138 | 46.5% | 45.6% | 3.7 months | $323 | 1.1 years |
| Winchester | 137 | 47.1% | 51.5% | 3.5 months | $100 | 1.6 years |
| Gloucester County | 135 | 50.5% | 42.3% | 3.2 months | $346 | 1.6 years |
| Bristol | 134 | 60.5% | 39.5% | 3.3 months | $195 | 1.1 years |
| Washington County | 133 | 55.6% | 43.1% | 3.7 months | — | 2.2 years |
| Caroline County | 132 | 69.2% | 24.9% | 4.0 months | — | 2.3 years |
| Bedford County | 131 | 59.7% | 32.8% | 2.7 months | $75 | 11.1 months |
| Hopewell | 126 | 41.9% | 55.5% | 4.0 months | $150 | 1.7 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 122 | 58.0% | 31.6% | 4.7 months | $442 | 2.9 years |
| Louisa County | 120 | 58.8% | 33.5% | 4.1 months | $200 | 8.6 months |
| Wythe County | 119 | 54.5% | 44.1% | 3.3 months | $250 | 1.2 years |
| Accomack County | 115 | 62.3% | 20.8% | 3.2 months | $314 | 10.9 months |
| Colonial Heights | 111 | 62.2% | 24.4% | 3.8 months | — | 1.5 years |
| Prince George County | 109 | 54.6% | 35.8% | 5.0 months | $215 | 1.9 years |
| Staunton | 101 | 50.1% | 49.9% | 3.6 months | — | 1.3 years |
| Radford | 100 | 66.5% | 33.5% | 4.4 months | $395 | 1.6 years |
| Shenandoah County | 99 | 63.7% | 34.9% | 4.5 months | $133 | 8.4 months |
| Alleghany County | 98 | 48.5% | 51.5% | 2.4 months | — | 8.6 months |
| Fauquier County | 97 | 54.5% | 39.8% | 3.6 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Carroll County | 97 | 66.5% | 32.2% | 3.2 months | — | 1.6 years |
| Salem | 96 | 58.2% | 38.4% | 2.6 months | $250 | 10.2 months |
| Waynesboro | 96 | 50.6% | 45.1% | 2.6 months | $250 | 10.1 months |
| Botetourt County | 96 | 61.6% | 32.4% | 2.4 months | $25 | 4.6 years |
| Smyth County | 95 | 87.8% | 9.5% | 2.6 months | $275 | 4.7 months |
| Russell County | 92 | 45.4% | 46.4% | 2.8 months | $150 | 1.2 years |
| Culpeper County | 90 | 61.4% | 31.4% | 3.1 months | $160 | 9.1 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 90 | 63.0% | 31.5% | 2.8 months | — | 10.9 months |
| Prince Edward County | 82 | 53.9% | 41.4% | 3.3 months | $500 | 11.8 months |
| Scott County | 82 | 62.4% | 36.0% | 4.0 months | $793 | 2.3 years |
| Isle of Wight County | 82 | 52.1% | 40.6% | 5.2 months | $140 | 2.6 years |
| Orange County | 77 | 56.6% | 38.1% | 2.9 months | — | 2.1 years |
| Nottoway County | 74 | 39.0% | 42.4% | 2.5 months | — | 10.5 months |
| Lee County | 71 | 87.9% | 12.1% | 2.0 months | $317 | 7.7 months |
| Brunswick County | 69 | 59.6% | 34.8% | 3.7 months | $100 | 2.5 years |
| Page County | 67 | 51.0% | 44.8% | 3.7 months | $250 | 7.4 months |
| Franklin City | 60 | 75.0% | 25.0% | 4.1 months | $50 | 8.1 months |
| Amherst County | 57 | 54.2% | 35.4% | 2.8 months | $150 | 7.8 months |
| Martinsville | 57 | 80.8% | 11.5% | 4.1 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Mecklenburg County | 57 | 90.7% | 9.3% | 3.2 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Powhatan County | 55 | 55.6% | 35.3% | 7.2 months | $250 | 1.3 years |
| Emporia | 54 | 48.4% | 41.9% | 4.3 months | $200 | 9.4 months |
| Southampton County | 50 | 48.5% | 39.6% | 5.0 months | $38 | 1.1 years |
| Westmoreland County | 48 | 85.7% | 8.6% | 2.5 months | — | 4.0 months |
| Essex County | 47 | 76.0% | 16.0% | 3.1 months | — | 9.9 months |
| Galax | 47 | 38.5% | 53.8% | 2.2 months | — | 10.6 months |
| Appomattox County | 45 | 76.2% | 9.5% | 1.9 months | — | 9.1 months |
| Patrick County | 45 | 31.5% | 64.1% | 6.1 months | $268 | 11.7 months |
| Fairfax City | 43 | 69.2% | 25.6% | 3.4 months | $208 | 6.5 months |
| Northampton County | 42 | 59.4% | 31.2% | 2.9 months | $300 | 5.6 months |
| Grayson County | 42 | 52.9% | 31.4% | 4.0 months | — | 6.3 years |
| Greene County | 39 | 62.5% | 37.5% | 4.6 months | — | 6.8 months |
| Lancaster County | 38 | 74.2% | 16.1% | 1.7 months | — | 1.5 months |
| Dickenson County | 37 | 76.9% | 11.5% | 2.3 months | $100 | 7.6 months |
| King George County | 37 | 70.0% | 26.7% | 3.3 months | — | 10.9 months |
| New Kent County | 37 | 83.3% | 10.0% | 2.6 months | — | 8.4 months |
| Buchanan County | 32 | 70.8% | 29.2% | 3.8 months | $100 | 5.2 months |
| Nelson County | 32 | 66.7% | 16.7% | 2.2 months | $100 | 1.7 months |
| Amelia County | 30 | 76.5% | 17.6% | 2.1 months | — | 10.1 months |
| King William County | 28 | 59.1% | 36.4% | 2.5 months | — | 7.4 months |
| Goochland County | 27 | 94.4% | 0.0% | 3.0 months | — | — |
| Charlotte County | 26 | 52.6% | 47.4% | 2.0 months | $100 | 5.0 months |
| Fluvanna County | 26 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 2.7 months | — | 4.0 months |
| Lunenburg County | 26 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 2.4 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Floyd County | 24 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 3.3 months | — | 1.0 months |
| Giles County | 24 | 70.6% | 17.6% | 2.1 months | — | 1.5 months |
| Richmond County | 24 | 69.2% | 30.8% | 2.6 months | $375 | 8.4 months |
| Buckingham County | 23 | 63.2% | 26.3% | 3.8 months | — | 3.2 months |
| Greensville County | 22 | 28.6% | 71.4% | 4.5 months | — | 4.2 years |
| King and Queen County | 21 | 83.3% | 11.1% | 2.2 months | — | 7.6 months |
| Mathews County | 20 | 31.2% | 50.0% | 3.9 months | — | 1.9 years |
| Northumberland County | 20 | 87.5% | 6.2% | 2.7 months | — | 1.0 years |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 24,028 cases analyzed across 111 jurisdictions. Last updated July 8, 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 24,028 Assault & Battery cases were filed across 111 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 65.6%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Assault & Battery across Virginia is 27.6%, 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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