Driving Suspended in Virginia
22,843 cases across 116 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 22,843 public court records from 2025, Driving Suspended cases across 116 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 28.4% and an average conviction rate of 69.8%. Statewide, 17.2% 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 116 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
Key takeaways
- Across 116 Virginia jurisdictions, Driving Suspended cases had an average dismissal rate of 28.4% and conviction rate of 69.8% in 2025 (22,843 cases).
- Dismissal rates ranged from 0.0% in Halifax County to 79.4% in Buena Vista among jurisdictions with driving suspended data.
- Statewide, 17.2% of Driving Suspended charges were reduced to a lesser offense.
22,843
Total Cases
28.4%
Avg Dismissal Rate
▼ vs 40.5% all charges
69.8%
Avg Conviction Rate
▲ vs 58.1% all charges
$154
Avg Fine
3.5 months
Avg Sentence
17.2%
Charge Reduction Rate
Exhibit · Outcomes vary by court
Where Driving Suspended cases are dismissed or dropped, by jurisdiction
Across the 10 busiest courts62.3% in Fairfax County to 18.5% 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 | 1,070 | 29.7% | 69.8% | 4.0 months | $151 | 1.6 months |
| Prince William County | 826 | 46.5% | 53.5% | 3.2 months | $186 | 1.8 months |
| Roanoke County | 781 | 33.7% | 66.1% | 3.3 months | $101 | 3.8 months |
| Chesterfield County | 709 | 18.5% | 78.1% | 2.8 months | $131 | 4.0 months |
| Rockingham County | 709 | 39.3% | 60.4% | 2.4 months | $198 | 2.4 months |
| Fairfax County | 703 | 62.3% | 37.2% | 3.3 months | $188 | 1.2 months |
| Roanoke City | 617 | 23.4% | 76.3% | 2.3 months | $131 | 3.4 months |
| Lynchburg | 611 | 27.3% | 70.0% | 3.5 months | $83 | 2.9 months |
| Portsmouth | 557 | 35.3% | 64.5% | 2.7 months | $122 | 4.4 months |
| Newport News | 518 | 35.2% | 63.1% | 1.9 months | $204 | 4.1 months |
| Hampton | 494 | 42.2% | 54.0% | 2.6 months | $139 | 5.0 months |
| Danville | 489 | 8.3% | 73.6% | 2.6 months | $141 | 3.8 months |
| Henrico County | 447 | 16.3% | 83.0% | 3.1 months | $119 | 5.4 months |
| Loudoun County | 389 | 48.0% | 49.4% | 3.2 months | $161 | 2.1 months |
| Prince George County | 385 | 11.0% | 87.5% | 3.9 months | $110 | 6.6 months |
| Franklin County | 369 | 33.5% | 66.2% | 1.8 months | $125 | 1.7 months |
| Chesapeake | 343 | 30.6% | 64.7% | 3.7 months | $162 | 2.1 months |
| Henry County | 338 | 26.5% | 73.2% | 2.3 months | $117 | — |
| Spotsylvania County | 319 | 32.2% | 66.7% | 2.6 months | $149 | 4.4 months |
| Suffolk | 300 | 26.5% | 70.0% | 3.8 months | $151 | 3.3 months |
| Stafford County | 288 | 27.8% | 70.3% | 2.6 months | $134 | 4.4 months |
| York County | 286 | 18.5% | 80.8% | 1.9 months | $171 | 2.4 months |
| Wythe County | 284 | 24.4% | 74.8% | 3.0 months | $220 | 4.1 months |
| Montgomery County | 272 | 18.3% | 77.6% | 2.3 months | $245 | 3.9 months |
| Pulaski County | 257 | 12.6% | 86.6% | 2.4 months | $190 | 1.3 months |
| Bedford County | 255 | 16.8% | 82.3% | 3.5 months | $100 | 2.2 months |
| Arlington County | 252 | 59.6% | 40.0% | 2.6 months | $357 | 1.3 months |
| Petersburg | 250 | 40.2% | 57.1% | 3.5 months | $150 | 5.7 months |
| Richmond City | 246 | 50.7% | 49.3% | 2.2 months | $122 | 3.0 months |
| Bristol | 238 | 44.0% | 55.0% | 3.4 months | $137 | 3.2 months |
| Martinsville | 233 | 32.5% | 67.0% | 3.1 months | $152 | 1.0 months |
| Williamsburg | 232 | 18.3% | 81.2% | 3.6 months | $100 | 5.6 months |
| Colonial Heights | 229 | 18.8% | 78.2% | 3.0 months | $172 | 6.6 months |
| Fauquier County | 224 | 23.1% | 76.4% | 2.5 months | $154 | 3.1 months |
| Washington County | 224 | 25.4% | 73.5% | 4.7 months | $146 | 1.5 months |
| Augusta County | 217 | 32.8% | 67.2% | 2.5 months | $207 | 5.5 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 211 | 7.3% | 92.7% | 3.1 months | $97 | 4.1 months |
| Tazewell County | 202 | 14.2% | 85.2% | 3.5 months | $142 | 4.6 months |
| Albemarle County | 200 | 52.5% | 46.9% | 3.7 months | $119 | 2.4 months |
| Wise County | 200 | 33.0% | 64.2% | 3.1 months | $203 | 3.1 months |
| Sussex County | 199 | 14.0% | 86.0% | 4.8 months | $102 | 3.8 months |
| Frederick County | 198 | 11.9% | 87.5% | 4.2 months | $197 | 4.8 months |
| Botetourt County | 194 | 38.2% | 61.8% | 3.9 months | $295 | 3.8 months |
| Amherst County | 191 | 11.6% | 84.0% | 2.6 months | $110 | 1.9 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 177 | 17.9% | 80.4% | 2.1 months | $122 | 8.6 months |
| Campbell County | 176 | 20.8% | 78.0% | 2.9 months | $64 | 4.1 months |
| Warren County | 173 | 9.1% | 90.9% | 2.5 months | $155 | 3.9 months |
| Emporia | 162 | 25.2% | 74.1% | 1.5 months | $196 | 1.0 years |
| Prince Edward County | 154 | 4.7% | 85.8% | 1.9 months | $156 | 6.2 months |
| Charlottesville | 153 | 36.4% | 63.6% | 1.8 months | $226 | 15 days |
| Salem | 152 | 39.4% | 59.8% | 3.0 months | $99 | 3.6 months |
| Russell County | 148 | 14.9% | 85.1% | 3.9 months | $150 | 4.9 months |
| Carroll County | 147 | 16.4% | 82.9% | 1.7 months | $120 | 8.1 months |
| Culpeper County | 147 | 8.9% | 91.1% | 3.0 months | $232 | 2.6 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 147 | 39.7% | 59.5% | 4.0 months | $134 | 2.7 months |
| Fredericksburg | 140 | 18.1% | 77.9% | 2.5 months | $200 | 4.1 months |
| Rockbridge County | 131 | 37.1% | 62.1% | 3.2 months | $235 | 4.3 months |
| Caroline County | 124 | 5.9% | 93.1% | 3.8 months | $53 | 1.5 months |
| Greensville County | 122 | 21.7% | 75.7% | 1.8 months | $216 | 6.0 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 121 | 5.1% | 88.9% | 1.5 months | $59 | 1.7 months |
| Shenandoah County | 121 | 30.3% | 69.7% | 5.8 months | $158 | 2.7 months |
| Smyth County | 117 | 11.0% | 87.8% | 6.1 months | $131 | 4.1 months |
| New Kent County | 115 | 24.5% | 74.5% | 3.2 months | $235 | 1.8 months |
| Hanover County | 113 | 8.3% | 90.6% | 2.8 months | $152 | 4.4 months |
| Lunenburg County | 113 | 20.2% | 79.8% | 2.1 months | $122 | 4.0 months |
| Northampton County | 112 | 23.3% | 73.3% | 3.8 months | $287 | 20 days |
| Scott County | 110 | 15.6% | 84.4% | 2.7 months | $203 | 2.0 months |
| Norfolk | 107 | 60.7% | 38.0% | 3.7 months | $178 | 7.2 months |
| Patrick County | 105 | 29.0% | 71.0% | 2.4 months | $162 | 4.0 months |
| Alleghany County | 102 | 61.9% | 36.9% | 3.6 months | $336 | 3.7 months |
| Goochland County | 97 | 8.0% | 90.8% | 3.3 months | $138 | 2.7 months |
| Orange County | 95 | 9.9% | 90.1% | 2.1 months | $157 | — |
| Hopewell | 94 | 8.0% | 89.8% | 2.3 months | $116 | 3.0 months |
| Radford | 94 | 20.9% | 78.0% | 1.9 months | $234 | 1.0 months |
| Brunswick County | 93 | 6.9% | 93.1% | 3.9 months | $117 | 2.7 months |
| Winchester | 91 | 17.9% | 82.1% | 2.9 months | $169 | 5.0 months |
| Louisa County | 89 | 14.5% | 85.5% | 2.8 months | $140 | 3.3 months |
| Gloucester County | 88 | 21.3% | 76.0% | 4.5 months | $147 | 3.2 months |
| Lee County | 86 | 13.5% | 85.1% | 3.5 months | $272 | 2.4 months |
| Page County | 86 | 46.8% | 53.2% | 2.6 months | $110 | 4.4 months |
| Fluvanna County | 83 | 25.0% | 73.3% | 3.7 months | $89 | 2.2 months |
| Waynesboro | 83 | 45.9% | 54.1% | 4.5 months | $198 | 2.8 months |
| Appomattox County | 80 | 6.5% | 93.5% | 2.4 months | $108 | 6.4 months |
| Galax | 79 | 20.5% | 78.1% | 1.9 months | $119 | 6.3 months |
| King George County | 76 | 22.7% | 77.3% | 3.6 months | $118 | 1.5 months |
| Accomack County | 75 | 33.3% | 61.7% | 2.1 months | $255 | 2.7 months |
| King William County | 75 | 20.3% | 76.8% | 1.9 months | $160 | 4.0 months |
| Buckingham County | 69 | 6.9% | 89.7% | 3.4 months | $158 | 5.4 months |
| Nelson County | 67 | 6.6% | 88.5% | 2.8 months | $132 | 1.3 months |
| Buchanan County | 66 | 12.8% | 87.2% | 5.2 months | $87 | 4.6 months |
| Giles County | 65 | 13.2% | 83.0% | 2.5 months | $130 | 1.0 months |
| Lancaster County | 63 | 38.5% | 59.6% | 4.2 months | $54 | 4.8 months |
| Floyd County | 62 | 20.7% | 70.7% | 2.9 months | $296 | 1.0 months |
| Cumberland County | 60 | 8.8% | 78.9% | 2.3 months | $150 | 7.1 months |
| Greene County | 59 | 24.6% | 75.4% | 2.3 months | $67 | 20 days |
| Mathews County | 59 | 27.6% | 63.8% | 2.3 months | $145 | 4.9 months |
| Powhatan County | 59 | 38.2% | 60.0% | 3.1 months | $86 | 6.7 months |
| Dickenson County | 55 | 19.1% | 80.9% | 3.8 months | $162 | 2.6 months |
| Franklin City | 54 | 38.9% | 58.3% | 5.3 months | $130 | 2.8 months |
| Amelia County | 53 | 20.4% | 75.5% | 3.5 months | $83 | 2.1 months |
| Buena Vista | 51 | 79.4% | 20.6% | 4.5 months | $350 | 4 days |
| Charlotte County | 46 | 13.0% | 84.8% | 2.3 months | $125 | 4.3 months |
| Bland County | 43 | 16.7% | 81.0% | 2.1 months | $191 | 6 days |
| Alexandria | 41 | 58.1% | 41.9% | 4.0 months | $127 | 3.2 months |
| Richmond County | 40 | 36.4% | 63.6% | 2.3 months | $87 | 8.3 months |
| King and Queen County | 39 | 29.7% | 70.3% | 3.1 months | $138 | 8.3 months |
| Halifax County | 34 | 0.0% | 96.3% | 3.5 months | $91 | 7.3 months |
| Westmoreland County | 34 | 31.2% | 65.6% | 2.9 months | $89 | 1.0 months |
| Clarke County | 33 | 42.3% | 57.7% | 3.3 months | $121 | 4.7 months |
| Madison County | 33 | 26.7% | 70.0% | 2.9 months | $182 | 1.4 months |
| Surry County | 31 | 10.3% | 86.2% | 2.6 months | $106 | — |
| Essex County | 28 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 3.5 months | $95 | 4.0 months |
| Grayson County | 26 | 20.0% | 75.0% | 3.5 months | $185 | 4.4 months |
| Southampton County | 22 | 61.1% | 27.8% | 7.0 months | $130 | 1.7 months |
| Staunton | 22 | 53.3% | 46.7% | 4.6 months | $300 | — |
| Northumberland County | 20 | 38.9% | 55.6% | 3.5 months | $50 | 1.0 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 22,843 cases analyzed across 116 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 79.4%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 22,843 Driving Suspended cases were filed across 116 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 28.4%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Driving Suspended across Virginia is 69.8%, 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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