Driving Suspended in Virginia
26,601 cases across 117 jurisdictions · 2025
Charge statistics were restated in July 2026 — cases are now grouped by the Virginia Code section charged. What changed and why
Of 26,601 driving suspended cases filed in 2025 across 117 Virginia jurisdictions, 23,152 reached an outcome — an average dismissal rate of 29.0% and an average conviction rate of 69.3%. Statewide, 17.6% of Driving Suspended charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $160.
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 117 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: July 8, 2026
Key takeaways
- Across 117 Virginia jurisdictions, Driving Suspended cases had an average dismissal rate of 29.0% and conviction rate of 69.3% in 2025 (26,601 cases).
- Dismissal rates ranged from 5.5% in Caroline County to 77.1% in Buena Vista among jurisdictions with driving suspended data.
- Statewide, 17.6% of Driving Suspended charges were reduced to a lesser offense.
26,601
Total Cases
29.0%
Avg Dismissal Rate
▼ vs 40.5% all charges
69.3%
Avg Conviction Rate
▲ vs 58.1% all charges
$160
Avg Fine
4.1 months
Avg Sentence
17.6%
Charge Reduction Rate
Exhibit · Outcomes vary by court
Where Driving Suspended cases are dismissed or dropped, by jurisdiction
Across the 10 busiest courts60.7% in Fairfax County to 22.5% in Chesterfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 1,234 | 30.6% | 68.5% | 3.8 months | $160 | 2.4 months |
| Prince William County | 972 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 3.3 months | $187 | 2.5 months |
| Fairfax County | 852 | 60.7% | 38.7% | 3.3 months | $189 | 1.4 months |
| Chesterfield County | 850 | 22.5% | 74.5% | 2.9 months | $130 | 6.9 months |
| Roanoke County | 813 | 33.7% | 66.1% | 3.2 months | $101 | 3.7 months |
| Rockingham County | 763 | 39.0% | 60.7% | 2.4 months | $200 | 2.7 months |
| Lynchburg | 705 | 26.4% | 71.1% | 3.4 months | $88 | 3.7 months |
| Newport News | 649 | 38.2% | 59.7% | 2.3 months | $206 | 4.1 months |
| Roanoke City | 645 | 23.2% | 76.5% | 2.3 months | $131 | 3.2 months |
| Portsmouth | 621 | 36.7% | 62.9% | 2.8 months | $122 | 4.5 months |
| Henrico County | 587 | 17.1% | 82.0% | 3.1 months | $129 | 8.0 months |
| Hampton | 546 | 42.4% | 52.9% | 2.6 months | $137 | 5.5 months |
| Danville | 508 | 8.6% | 73.8% | 2.6 months | $142 | 3.7 months |
| Loudoun County | 450 | 48.5% | 49.0% | 3.0 months | $163 | 2.3 months |
| Stafford County | 435 | 31.7% | 67.0% | 2.9 months | $191 | 7.1 months |
| Franklin County | 415 | 34.4% | 65.3% | 1.8 months | $128 | 2.1 months |
| Chesapeake | 413 | 30.7% | 64.4% | 3.8 months | $175 | 2.0 months |
| Prince George County | 397 | 11.6% | 86.9% | 3.6 months | $111 | 7.3 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 369 | 30.5% | 68.5% | 2.6 months | $159 | 5.1 months |
| Henry County | 357 | 26.9% | 72.8% | 2.3 months | $117 | 6.6 months |
| Montgomery County | 348 | 18.6% | 78.0% | 2.6 months | $250 | 5.0 months |
| Suffolk | 338 | 28.4% | 68.2% | 3.8 months | $153 | 4.4 months |
| York County | 337 | 21.4% | 77.3% | 2.1 months | $174 | 2.8 months |
| Richmond City | 304 | 49.6% | 50.4% | 2.4 months | $133 | 3.8 months |
| Wythe County | 302 | 23.8% | 75.5% | 2.9 months | $229 | 3.9 months |
| Arlington County | 301 | 60.0% | 39.3% | 2.8 months | $344 | 2.3 months |
| Bedford County | 290 | 16.9% | 82.3% | 3.3 months | $102 | 2.2 months |
| Petersburg | 268 | 39.2% | 58.2% | 3.3 months | $154 | 6.2 months |
| Pulaski County | 265 | 13.4% | 85.8% | 2.3 months | $189 | 1.5 months |
| Williamsburg | 262 | 18.4% | 81.1% | 3.5 months | $108 | 6.0 months |
| Frederick County | 261 | 12.4% | 87.1% | 4.0 months | $204 | 5.2 months |
| Augusta County | 261 | 29.3% | 70.7% | 2.5 months | $183 | 6.2 months |
| Bristol | 259 | 42.8% | 56.3% | 3.2 months | $137 | 3.1 months |
| Colonial Heights | 256 | 21.8% | 75.6% | 3.1 months | $178 | 6.9 months |
| Washington County | 253 | 26.5% | 72.0% | 4.2 months | $150 | 1.5 months |
| Fauquier County | 247 | 24.2% | 75.3% | 2.5 months | $178 | 3.6 months |
| Martinsville | 241 | 33.0% | 66.5% | 2.9 months | $152 | 4.6 months |
| Hanover County | 240 | 16.3% | 83.2% | 3.5 months | $185 | 6.7 months |
| Norfolk | 235 | 52.3% | 46.7% | 4.2 months | $184 | 6.9 months |
| Tazewell County | 233 | 16.2% | 82.8% | 3.3 months | $147 | 4.8 months |
| Wise County | 231 | 31.6% | 66.0% | 3.0 months | $204 | 3.2 months |
| Albemarle County | 230 | 52.2% | 47.3% | 3.6 months | $119 | 2.1 months |
| Sussex County | 230 | 16.5% | 83.5% | 4.8 months | $109 | 4.1 months |
| Amherst County | 220 | 10.8% | 85.3% | 2.8 months | $114 | 2.3 months |
| Warren County | 219 | 10.8% | 89.2% | 2.7 months | $194 | 4.3 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 218 | 8.1% | 91.9% | 3.0 months | $99 | 4.5 months |
| Botetourt County | 207 | 36.2% | 63.8% | 3.8 months | $297 | 4.3 months |
| Culpeper County | 206 | 10.4% | 89.6% | 3.0 months | $259 | 3.2 months |
| Fredericksburg | 202 | 16.9% | 79.6% | 2.6 months | $207 | 4.8 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 199 | 36.7% | 62.2% | 3.6 months | $143 | 3.6 months |
| Campbell County | 198 | 19.3% | 79.5% | 3.0 months | $64 | 3.6 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 195 | 20.0% | 78.3% | 2.1 months | $123 | 8.1 months |
| Emporia | 180 | 27.3% | 72.0% | 1.7 months | $203 | 6.5 months |
| Prince Edward County | 177 | 7.3% | 83.6% | 2.0 months | $156 | 6.4 months |
| Charlottesville | 175 | 35.6% | 63.8% | 1.9 months | $224 | 1.4 months |
| Russell County | 169 | 14.3% | 84.9% | 3.7 months | $148 | 4.9 months |
| Salem | 167 | 38.5% | 60.7% | 3.0 months | $105 | 4.1 months |
| New Kent County | 163 | 23.3% | 75.3% | 3.5 months | $254 | 3.5 months |
| Rockbridge County | 161 | 38.0% | 61.3% | 3.5 months | $221 | 5.1 months |
| Carroll County | 152 | 17.2% | 82.1% | 1.6 months | $121 | 8.1 months |
| Shenandoah County | 147 | 32.7% | 67.3% | 4.9 months | $157 | 2.6 months |
| Caroline County | 140 | 5.5% | 93.6% | 3.4 months | $53 | 1.7 months |
| Lee County | 137 | 16.3% | 82.8% | 3.4 months | $471 | 4.4 months |
| Orange County | 135 | 11.1% | 88.9% | 2.4 months | $189 | 4.5 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 134 | 5.5% | 89.1% | 1.6 months | $60 | 1.3 months |
| Greensville County | 130 | 22.3% | 75.2% | 1.9 months | $218 | 7.5 months |
| Gloucester County | 127 | 20.0% | 75.5% | 4.3 months | $156 | 5.3 months |
| Smyth County | 127 | 13.5% | 85.4% | 5.4 months | $137 | 3.9 months |
| Northampton County | 122 | 24.2% | 72.7% | 3.7 months | $282 | 21 days |
| Lunenburg County | 119 | 19.3% | 80.7% | 2.1 months | $128 | 3.1 months |
| Scott County | 119 | 15.6% | 84.4% | 2.7 months | $204 | 2.5 months |
| Alleghany County | 118 | 56.1% | 42.9% | 3.4 months | $319 | 4.5 months |
| Louisa County | 113 | 16.5% | 83.5% | 2.8 months | $138 | 3.1 months |
| Goochland County | 108 | 10.5% | 88.4% | 3.3 months | $138 | 2.6 months |
| Patrick County | 108 | 28.7% | 71.3% | 2.4 months | $164 | 4.0 months |
| Brunswick County | 107 | 8.3% | 91.7% | 3.7 months | $131 | 3.4 months |
| Winchester | 106 | 18.0% | 82.0% | 2.5 months | $169 | 5.5 months |
| Radford | 101 | 21.6% | 77.3% | 2.0 months | $230 | 3.3 months |
| Hopewell | 99 | 7.5% | 90.3% | 2.3 months | $125 | 3.9 months |
| Fluvanna County | 98 | 27.9% | 70.6% | 3.4 months | $89 | 2.5 months |
| Page County | 97 | 44.3% | 55.7% | 2.7 months | $108 | 4.8 months |
| Waynesboro | 97 | 45.7% | 54.3% | 4.4 months | $196 | 2.8 months |
| King George County | 93 | 25.0% | 75.0% | 3.3 months | $121 | 2.4 months |
| Accomack County | 88 | 32.4% | 61.8% | 2.3 months | $240 | 2.4 months |
| Galax | 88 | 22.2% | 75.3% | 2.1 months | $121 | 6.6 months |
| King William County | 87 | 20.3% | 77.2% | 2.0 months | $165 | 4.4 months |
| Appomattox County | 83 | 6.4% | 93.6% | 2.4 months | $110 | 6.4 months |
| Greene County | 75 | 22.1% | 77.9% | 2.5 months | $69 | 4.9 months |
| Giles County | 74 | 15.0% | 80.0% | 2.3 months | $127 | 2.0 months |
| Buchanan County | 73 | 12.0% | 88.0% | 4.8 months | $86 | 4.8 months |
| Buckingham County | 73 | 8.3% | 88.3% | 3.0 months | $158 | 7.1 months |
| Lancaster County | 73 | 42.6% | 55.7% | 2.8 months | $65 | 5.2 months |
| Nelson County | 72 | 6.3% | 87.3% | 2.9 months | $131 | 1.3 months |
| Amelia County | 69 | 17.7% | 79.0% | 3.6 months | $82 | 4.6 months |
| Powhatan County | 69 | 39.7% | 58.7% | 3.1 months | $88 | 7.6 months |
| Floyd County | 67 | 19.4% | 72.6% | 2.9 months | $292 | 26 days |
| Cumberland County | 66 | 9.7% | 79.0% | 2.3 months | $151 | 8.8 months |
| Franklin City | 66 | 32.6% | 65.1% | 4.9 months | $115 | 2.9 months |
| Mathews County | 66 | 26.6% | 65.6% | 2.3 months | $145 | 7.6 months |
| Dickenson County | 63 | 18.2% | 81.8% | 3.1 months | $162 | 3.5 months |
| Charlotte County | 55 | 11.5% | 86.5% | 2.8 months | $130 | 7.7 months |
| Alexandria | 53 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 4.0 months | $123 | 2.7 months |
| Buena Vista | 52 | 77.1% | 22.9% | 4.3 months | $350 | 4 days |
| Halifax County | 52 | 7.5% | 90.0% | 2.8 months | $102 | 7.7 months |
| Bland County | 48 | 14.9% | 83.0% | 1.9 months | $204 | 1.3 months |
| King and Queen County | 48 | 31.1% | 68.9% | 3.1 months | $142 | 7.9 months |
| Richmond County | 46 | 39.5% | 60.5% | 2.3 months | $87 | 7.6 months |
| Essex County | 44 | 32.3% | 67.7% | 3.5 months | $104 | 3.9 months |
| Westmoreland County | 43 | 27.0% | 70.3% | 3.1 months | $86 | 5.0 months |
| Clarke County | 42 | 43.8% | 56.2% | 3.7 months | $126 | 4.4 months |
| Madison County | 39 | 26.5% | 70.6% | 2.6 months | $182 | 1.8 months |
| Southampton County | 35 | 63.3% | 26.7% | 4.8 months | $112 | 2.6 months |
| Surry County | 33 | 10.0% | 86.7% | 2.6 months | $106 | — |
| Grayson County | 28 | 19.0% | 76.2% | 3.4 months | $207 | 5.5 months |
| Staunton | 27 | 57.9% | 42.1% | 4.6 months | $300 | — |
| Northumberland County | 21 | 36.8% | 57.9% | 3.3 months | $50 | 2.0 months |
| Bath County | 20 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 4.4 months | $84 | 3.3 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Related Virginia Statutes
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 26,601 cases analyzed across 117 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.
Buena Vista has the highest dismissal rate for Driving Suspended at 77.1%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 26,601 Driving Suspended cases were filed across 117 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 29.0%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Driving Suspended across Virginia is 69.3%, 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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