Driving Suspended in Virginia
20,550 cases across 115 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 20,550 public court records from 2025, Driving Suspended cases across 115 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 28.3% and an average conviction rate of 69.9%. Statewide, 16.8% of Driving Suspended charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $154.
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 115 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
20,550
Total Cases
28.3%
Avg Dismissal Rate
69.9%
Avg Conviction Rate
$154
Avg Fine
3.5 months
Avg Sentence
16.8%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 872 | 28.8% | 70.6% | 3.9 months | $155 | 1.3 months |
| Prince William County | 725 | 45.1% | 54.9% | 3.1 months | $187 | 2.2 months |
| Chesterfield County | 656 | 19.9% | 76.6% | 2.9 months | $129 | 4.1 months |
| Roanoke County | 642 | 33.0% | 67.0% | 3.3 months | $101 | 3.8 months |
| Rockingham County | 629 | 38.4% | 61.3% | 2.4 months | $199 | 2.5 months |
| Fairfax County | 627 | 63.1% | 36.5% | 3.2 months | $196 | 1.1 months |
| Roanoke City | 541 | 24.7% | 75.0% | 2.3 months | $130 | 3.4 months |
| Lynchburg | 535 | 29.2% | 68.2% | 3.5 months | $84 | 3.0 months |
| Portsmouth | 533 | 35.2% | 64.6% | 2.7 months | $123 | 4.4 months |
| Newport News | 471 | 34.8% | 63.6% | 1.9 months | $196 | 3.9 months |
| Henrico County | 420 | 16.8% | 82.4% | 3.0 months | $119 | 5.4 months |
| Hampton | 417 | 43.5% | 52.5% | 2.5 months | $141 | 5.0 months |
| Danville | 398 | 7.6% | 75.6% | 2.5 months | $138 | 2.8 months |
| Loudoun County | 356 | 46.6% | 50.8% | 3.2 months | $165 | 2.2 months |
| Prince George County | 349 | 11.5% | 86.8% | 3.8 months | $111 | 8.7 months |
| Franklin County | 330 | 35.6% | 64.1% | 1.8 months | $125 | 1.7 months |
| Chesapeake | 317 | 30.5% | 64.6% | 3.7 months | $162 | 2.3 months |
| Henry County | 307 | 26.7% | 73.0% | 2.3 months | $119 | — |
| Suffolk | 298 | 27.2% | 69.1% | 3.6 months | $149 | 3.2 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 293 | 33.2% | 66.0% | 2.5 months | $156 | 4.5 months |
| Wythe County | 266 | 26.0% | 73.1% | 3.1 months | $221 | 4.2 months |
| Stafford County | 262 | 26.8% | 71.1% | 2.6 months | $137 | 4.8 months |
| York County | 253 | 19.5% | 79.6% | 1.9 months | $166 | 2.1 months |
| Montgomery County | 250 | 19.0% | 76.9% | 2.3 months | $253 | 3.3 months |
| Pulaski County | 237 | 12.4% | 86.7% | 2.3 months | $193 | 1.3 months |
| Bedford County | 236 | 16.3% | 82.8% | 3.5 months | $101 | 2.3 months |
| Petersburg | 235 | 36.7% | 60.2% | 3.4 months | $147 | 5.2 months |
| Richmond City | 230 | 50.8% | 49.2% | 2.2 months | $118 | 3.0 months |
| Bristol | 220 | 44.5% | 54.4% | 3.3 months | $132 | 2.7 months |
| Williamsburg | 217 | 20.0% | 80.0% | 3.7 months | $103 | 5.4 months |
| Arlington County | 211 | 61.3% | 38.2% | 2.5 months | $316 | 1.3 months |
| Washington County | 209 | 25.3% | 73.5% | 4.8 months | $146 | 1.6 months |
| Fauquier County | 208 | 21.1% | 78.4% | 2.5 months | $152 | 3.3 months |
| Augusta County | 207 | 31.3% | 68.7% | 2.4 months | $194 | 5.1 months |
| Colonial Heights | 200 | 19.2% | 78.0% | 3.0 months | $161 | 6.6 months |
| Martinsville | 200 | 34.5% | 64.9% | 3.0 months | $150 | 1.0 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 197 | 7.1% | 92.9% | 3.0 months | $96 | 4.5 months |
| Wise County | 192 | 31.9% | 65.1% | 3.0 months | $206 | 3.2 months |
| Amherst County | 187 | 10.9% | 85.1% | 2.6 months | $110 | 2.0 months |
| Albemarle County | 178 | 50.3% | 49.0% | 3.7 months | $119 | 2.2 months |
| Botetourt County | 178 | 35.9% | 64.1% | 3.8 months | $298 | 4.0 months |
| Sussex County | 173 | 14.8% | 85.2% | 4.9 months | $107 | 4.2 months |
| Tazewell County | 172 | 14.1% | 85.2% | 2.9 months | $138 | 4.6 months |
| Campbell County | 170 | 20.7% | 78.0% | 2.9 months | $65 | 4.2 months |
| Frederick County | 170 | 11.4% | 87.9% | 4.0 months | $193 | 4.8 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 163 | 18.2% | 80.5% | 2.1 months | $123 | 8.6 months |
| Warren County | 154 | 10.2% | 89.8% | 2.5 months | $151 | 3.7 months |
| Emporia | 153 | 26.5% | 72.8% | 1.5 months | $188 | 1.0 years |
| Culpeper County | 141 | 8.1% | 91.9% | 3.0 months | $211 | 2.6 months |
| Prince Edward County | 141 | 4.5% | 85.7% | 1.8 months | $157 | 7.3 months |
| Russell County | 135 | 13.9% | 86.1% | 3.9 months | $156 | 5.0 months |
| Carroll County | 134 | 15.0% | 84.3% | 1.7 months | $118 | 8.1 months |
| Charlottesville | 133 | 36.0% | 64.0% | 1.8 months | $228 | 17 days |
| Isle of Wight County | 132 | 41.3% | 57.8% | 3.9 months | $141 | 2.6 months |
| Salem | 128 | 39.8% | 59.3% | 2.8 months | $102 | 3.9 months |
| Fredericksburg | 125 | 17.2% | 78.4% | 2.4 months | $211 | 4.2 months |
| Caroline County | 118 | 6.2% | 92.8% | 3.6 months | $42 | 1.3 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 117 | 4.5% | 89.2% | 1.5 months | $60 | 1.8 months |
| Rockbridge County | 117 | 35.5% | 64.5% | 3.2 months | $239 | 4.4 months |
| Shenandoah County | 114 | 30.3% | 69.7% | 5.7 months | $156 | 2.9 months |
| Smyth County | 111 | 13.2% | 85.3% | 6.0 months | $135 | 3.8 months |
| Greensville County | 109 | 22.3% | 75.7% | 1.7 months | $221 | 6.0 months |
| Hanover County | 109 | 7.9% | 91.0% | 2.8 months | $158 | 4.6 months |
| Lunenburg County | 106 | 18.6% | 81.4% | 2.1 months | $122 | 4.0 months |
| New Kent County | 104 | 25.5% | 74.5% | 3.5 months | $229 | 1.6 months |
| Northampton County | 98 | 20.0% | 76.0% | 3.5 months | $305 | 20 days |
| Scott County | 96 | 16.7% | 83.3% | 2.6 months | $200 | 2.2 months |
| Alleghany County | 94 | 61.4% | 37.1% | 3.7 months | $361 | 4.0 months |
| Patrick County | 93 | 30.1% | 69.9% | 2.3 months | $165 | 4.3 months |
| Brunswick County | 90 | 6.3% | 93.7% | 3.7 months | $127 | 2.8 months |
| Goochland County | 90 | 8.6% | 90.1% | 3.3 months | $137 | 2.7 months |
| Hopewell | 86 | 8.9% | 88.6% | 2.2 months | $115 | 3.0 months |
| Norfolk | 84 | 61.0% | 37.3% | 3.5 months | $130 | 8.1 months |
| Radford | 84 | 22.9% | 75.9% | 1.9 months | $246 | 1.0 months |
| Waynesboro | 83 | 46.4% | 53.6% | 4.5 months | $199 | 3.0 months |
| Winchester | 83 | 19.4% | 80.6% | 2.9 months | $173 | 5.3 months |
| Lee County | 82 | 13.4% | 85.1% | 3.5 months | $291 | 2.4 months |
| Orange County | 82 | 6.8% | 93.2% | 2.1 months | $157 | — |
| Gloucester County | 81 | 19.7% | 77.3% | 4.3 months | $147 | 3.2 months |
| Fluvanna County | 80 | 26.0% | 72.0% | 3.8 months | $87 | 2.2 months |
| Page County | 78 | 47.2% | 52.8% | 2.7 months | $111 | 4.4 months |
| Louisa County | 77 | 15.9% | 84.1% | 2.8 months | $141 | 3.3 months |
| Appomattox County | 76 | 7.0% | 93.0% | 2.3 months | $104 | 6.4 months |
| Galax | 73 | 20.6% | 77.9% | 1.7 months | $117 | 5.5 months |
| King George County | 71 | 25.0% | 75.0% | 3.7 months | $130 | 1.4 months |
| Accomack County | 68 | 33.3% | 61.4% | 2.1 months | $261 | 3.3 months |
| Buckingham County | 68 | 7.3% | 89.1% | 3.3 months | $162 | 5.4 months |
| King William County | 67 | 17.7% | 79.0% | 1.9 months | $158 | 4.0 months |
| Lancaster County | 62 | 39.0% | 58.5% | 4.2 months | $59 | 5.2 months |
| Giles County | 60 | 12.2% | 83.7% | 2.4 months | $123 | 1.0 months |
| Mathews County | 59 | 28.1% | 63.2% | 2.3 months | $146 | 5.6 months |
| Floyd County | 57 | 18.9% | 75.5% | 2.9 months | $297 | 1.0 months |
| Greene County | 55 | 25.5% | 74.5% | 2.1 months | $67 | 1.0 months |
| Nelson County | 54 | 6.1% | 89.8% | 2.8 months | $138 | 1.4 months |
| Franklin City | 52 | 39.4% | 57.6% | 5.3 months | $129 | 3.1 months |
| Powhatan County | 52 | 42.6% | 55.3% | 3.1 months | $90 | 7.6 months |
| Cumberland County | 50 | 10.6% | 76.6% | 2.2 months | $152 | 7.1 months |
| Dickenson County | 50 | 19.0% | 81.0% | 4.0 months | $166 | 2.5 months |
| Buchanan County | 49 | 10.0% | 90.0% | 4.5 months | $90 | 4.5 months |
| Buena Vista | 49 | 78.8% | 21.2% | 4.5 months | $350 | 4 days |
| Amelia County | 48 | 18.2% | 77.3% | 3.3 months | $84 | 1.8 months |
| Charlotte County | 44 | 14.3% | 83.3% | 2.4 months | $101 | 1.0 months |
| Bland County | 41 | 15.8% | 81.6% | 1.9 months | $197 | 6 days |
| Alexandria | 40 | 55.2% | 44.8% | 4.0 months | $127 | 3.2 months |
| King and Queen County | 38 | 31.4% | 68.6% | 3.1 months | $132 | 9.1 months |
| Richmond County | 38 | 38.7% | 61.3% | 2.2 months | $98 | 8.3 months |
| Westmoreland County | 34 | 30.0% | 66.7% | 2.9 months | $93 | 1.0 months |
| Halifax County | 33 | 0.0% | 96.3% | 2.8 months | $91 | 7.3 months |
| Madison County | 31 | 25.0% | 71.4% | 2.7 months | $182 | 1.7 months |
| Surry County | 29 | 10.7% | 85.7% | 2.6 months | $100 | — |
| Clarke County | 28 | 43.5% | 56.5% | 3.9 months | $140 | 4.7 months |
| Essex County | 28 | 30.4% | 69.6% | 3.5 months | $95 | 4.0 months |
| Grayson County | 26 | 16.7% | 77.8% | 3.5 months | $192 | 4.4 months |
| Staunton | 21 | 61.5% | 38.5% | 4.7 months | $338 | — |
| Northumberland County | 20 | 38.9% | 55.6% | 3.3 months | $50 | 1.0 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 20,550 cases analyzed across 115 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.
Buena Vista has the highest dismissal rate for Driving Suspended at 78.8%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 20,550 Driving Suspended cases were filed across 115 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 28.3%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Driving Suspended across Virginia is 69.9%, 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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