Assault & Battery in Henrico County

Assault and battery cases in Henrico County are dismissed at a notably lower rate than the statewide average. Of the 1,213 cases handled here, 52.4% were dismissed compared to Virginia's statewide dismissal rate of 61.6%—a gap of 9.2 percentage points. This suggests Henrico prosecutors pursue these cases more aggressively or that judges grant fewer dismissals at preliminary stages. The 35.9% conviction rate, combined with an 11.8% acquittal rate, shows roughly one in three defendants convicted and roughly one in eight acquitted, with the remainder resolved through dismissals or other outcomes.

When cases do reach resolution, they typically take around four months. The median case lasts 111 days, though the range is wide: half are resolved between two months and seven months. Among the small fraction of cases where charges were reduced—just 5.6%—most stayed within the assault category or dropped to malicious wounding. Convicted defendants faced a median sentence of one year, though sentences varied considerably, averaging over two and a half years when calculated across all convicted cases.