DUI / DWI in Virginia
22,867 cases across 113 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 22,867 public court records from 2025, DUI / DWI cases across 113 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 12.3% and an average conviction rate of 86.0%. Statewide, 24.0% of DUI / DWI charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $379.
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 113 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
22,867
Total Cases
12.3%
Avg Dismissal Rate
86.0%
Avg Conviction Rate
$379
Avg Fine
7.1 months
Avg Sentence
24.0%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 2,027 | 15.4% | 83.1% | 4.6 months | $332 | 1.8 months |
| Virginia Beach | 1,555 | 4.8% | 94.2% | 3.8 months | $371 | 1.1 years |
| Chesterfield County | 1,300 | 11.7% | 87.7% | 3.9 months | $338 | 10.5 months |
| Prince William County | 1,140 | 23.0% | 74.0% | 4.9 months | $372 | 4.2 months |
| Henrico County | 966 | 13.0% | 86.2% | 3.6 months | $361 | 1.0 years |
| Loudoun County | 722 | 12.9% | 85.0% | 1.1 years | $353 | 4.8 months |
| Newport News | 707 | 21.6% | 76.3% | 4.1 months | $352 | 9.2 months |
| Stafford County | 660 | 12.9% | 83.0% | 3.6 months | $440 | 9.1 months |
| Montgomery County | 552 | 9.0% | 90.6% | 3.4 months | $368 | 4.9 months |
| Arlington County | 545 | 11.3% | 86.4% | 5.1 months | $294 | 3.9 months |
| Chesapeake | 545 | 12.8% | 85.3% | 4.6 months | $352 | 6.2 months |
| Rockingham County | 458 | 5.2% | 92.3% | 3.6 months | $386 | 5.5 months |
| Norfolk | 454 | 12.7% | 85.9% | 4.9 months | $322 | 12.0 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 413 | 10.4% | 86.7% | 3.4 months | $436 | 8.2 months |
| Richmond City | 412 | 14.7% | 83.0% | 3.2 months | $334 | 8.0 months |
| Frederick County | 380 | 6.7% | 92.6% | 3.5 months | $468 | 8.1 months |
| Hanover County | 349 | 11.8% | 85.4% | 3.8 months | $641 | 9.1 months |
| Suffolk | 338 | 16.0% | 83.6% | 4.8 months | $336 | 10.0 months |
| Fauquier County | 313 | 16.8% | 77.4% | 3.7 months | $541 | 7.6 months |
| Culpeper County | 298 | 8.1% | 90.2% | 3.2 months | $559 | 6.2 months |
| Lynchburg | 286 | 15.9% | 81.0% | 4.2 months | $391 | 6.8 months |
| Hampton | 282 | 15.0% | 81.2% | 3.4 months | $355 | 6.5 months |
| Albemarle County | 267 | 8.1% | 90.6% | 3.1 months | $282 | 3.6 months |
| Roanoke City | 247 | 15.6% | 83.9% | 2.2 months | $347 | 5.5 months |
| Gloucester County | 244 | 7.1% | 89.6% | 3.2 months | $418 | 5.3 months |
| Roanoke County | 224 | 13.8% | 84.4% | 3.3 months | $354 | 5.5 months |
| New Kent County | 209 | 28.8% | 69.9% | 3.4 months | $543 | 4.4 months |
| Fredericksburg | 207 | 9.6% | 86.9% | 3.0 months | $453 | 6.1 months |
| Warren County | 206 | 4.2% | 94.5% | 4.0 months | $494 | 8.6 months |
| Williamsburg | 203 | 12.3% | 86.0% | 3.4 months | $351 | 7.4 months |
| Henry County | 199 | 12.4% | 86.2% | 3.5 months | $372 | 5.8 months |
| York County | 198 | 17.1% | 80.0% | 3.6 months | $289 | 4.0 months |
| Franklin County | 181 | 9.7% | 90.3% | 3.0 months | $331 | 4.2 months |
| Augusta County | 173 | 4.5% | 95.5% | 3.5 months | $370 | 6.0 months |
| Bedford County | 169 | 11.1% | 88.1% | 3.5 months | $395 | 7.2 months |
| Alexandria | 167 | 12.4% | 85.3% | 4.3 months | $321 | 5.4 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 148 | 12.2% | 87.8% | 4.1 months | $351 | 6.3 months |
| Portsmouth | 141 | 12.6% | 87.4% | 5.1 months | $316 | 8.1 months |
| Prince George County | 140 | 13.9% | 86.1% | 5.5 months | $357 | 1.1 years |
| Tazewell County | 138 | 21.3% | 78.7% | 5.1 months | $608 | 9.9 months |
| Shenandoah County | 135 | 5.6% | 93.3% | 5.1 months | $360 | 7.6 months |
| Wise County | 135 | 9.4% | 89.6% | 4.6 months | $463 | 4.9 months |
| Halifax County | 132 | 11.5% | 85.2% | 3.3 months | $379 | 9.2 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 130 | 19.8% | 80.2% | 4.0 months | $296 | 1.0 years |
| Danville | 123 | 8.6% | 87.3% | 3.3 months | $446 | 8.0 months |
| Accomack County | 111 | 9.3% | 90.7% | 3.3 months | $516 | 1.5 months |
| Washington County | 111 | 6.6% | 93.4% | 5.4 months | $554 | 2.8 months |
| Amherst County | 109 | 8.9% | 87.8% | 3.5 months | $362 | 2.7 months |
| Charlottesville | 105 | 17.0% | 83.0% | 2.7 months | $273 | 3.3 months |
| King George County | 104 | 17.3% | 82.7% | 3.2 months | $333 | 4.1 months |
| Louisa County | 103 | 8.2% | 90.6% | 4.2 months | $321 | 3.5 months |
| Westmoreland County | 101 | 26.5% | 72.1% | 6.5 months | $300 | 3.8 months |
| Goochland County | 100 | 9.3% | 90.7% | 5.3 months | $286 | 3.0 months |
| Russell County | 100 | 13.8% | 86.2% | 4.7 months | $462 | 10.6 months |
| Prince Edward County | 95 | 15.6% | 83.1% | 3.4 months | $365 | 1.0 years |
| Botetourt County | 94 | 6.1% | 92.7% | 2.0 months | $292 | 6.6 months |
| Winchester | 92 | 1.4% | 98.6% | 4.2 months | $338 | 5.2 months |
| Wythe County | 91 | 12.3% | 87.7% | 3.6 months | $623 | 4.4 months |
| Campbell County | 89 | 3.2% | 95.2% | 3.1 months | $294 | 1.6 months |
| Orange County | 87 | 8.1% | 85.1% | 3.3 months | $263 | 3.3 months |
| Caroline County | 86 | 10.9% | 89.1% | 4.0 months | $316 | 3.4 months |
| Martinsville | 84 | 13.2% | 86.8% | 4.3 months | $323 | 10.7 months |
| Waynesboro | 84 | 3.6% | 96.4% | 2.5 months | $370 | 9.0 months |
| Petersburg | 82 | 13.3% | 76.7% | 4.7 months | $303 | 11.6 months |
| Smyth County | 82 | 9.3% | 90.7% | 4.9 months | $633 | 3.8 months |
| Rockbridge County | 81 | 6.0% | 91.0% | 4.3 months | $339 | 2.8 months |
| Powhatan County | 77 | 3.3% | 96.7% | 3.6 months | $297 | 11.7 months |
| Salem | 73 | 1.7% | 98.3% | 3.0 months | $344 | 4.3 months |
| Southampton County | 73 | 7.3% | 92.7% | 3.8 months | $364 | 1.5 years |
| Sussex County | 72 | 9.3% | 90.7% | 4.5 months | $351 | 10.4 months |
| Colonial Heights | 71 | 11.1% | 88.9% | 4.1 months | $309 | 11.1 months |
| Bristol | 66 | 8.3% | 88.9% | 5.5 months | $458 | 3.5 months |
| Clarke County | 64 | 5.5% | 94.5% | 4.6 months | $449 | 4.7 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 64 | 3.9% | 96.1% | 3.9 months | $359 | 11.7 months |
| Radford | 64 | 5.5% | 94.5% | 4.2 months | $897 | 6.1 months |
| Carroll County | 58 | 9.8% | 90.2% | 3.0 months | $636 | 11.7 months |
| Pulaski County | 58 | 7.1% | 92.9% | 3.7 months | $394 | 3.6 months |
| Staunton | 58 | 10.4% | 89.6% | 3.6 months | $274 | 2.3 months |
| Greene County | 56 | 12.8% | 85.1% | 4.5 months | $281 | 5.0 months |
| Fairfax City | 53 | 15.2% | 84.8% | 4.0 months | $276 | 1.9 months |
| Scott County | 52 | 5.9% | 94.1% | 5.1 months | $528 | 2.5 months |
| Lancaster County | 51 | 17.5% | 62.5% | 3.6 months | $363 | 3.8 months |
| King William County | 50 | 7.9% | 92.1% | 3.3 months | $302 | 4.3 months |
| Northampton County | 49 | 7.7% | 84.6% | 3.0 months | $506 | 2.9 months |
| Brunswick County | 48 | 7.9% | 92.1% | 3.7 months | $293 | 6.5 months |
| Alleghany County | 47 | 0.0% | 97.1% | 3.5 months | $283 | 2.8 months |
| Nottoway County | 45 | 3.6% | 96.4% | 4.0 months | $300 | 11.1 months |
| Essex County | 44 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.6 months | $430 | 5.9 months |
| Page County | 44 | 3.3% | 96.7% | 4.6 months | $321 | 4.1 months |
| Floyd County | 41 | 17.1% | 82.9% | 2.9 months | $353 | 2.4 months |
| Giles County | 41 | 14.7% | 85.3% | 3.5 months | $279 | 3.0 months |
| Buckingham County | 39 | 8.7% | 91.3% | 4.7 months | $462 | 2.1 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 38 | 17.9% | 82.1% | 3.7 months | $419 | 4.0 months |
| Emporia | 36 | 16.0% | 84.0% | 4.1 months | $382 | 11.9 months |
| Buchanan County | 35 | 12.5% | 87.5% | 4.5 months | $512 | 6.0 months |
| Franklin City | 35 | 15.4% | 84.6% | 6.5 months | $318 | 5.5 months |
| Galax | 34 | 21.4% | 78.6% | 2.5 months | $307 | 11.4 months |
| Amelia County | 33 | 6.5% | 90.3% | 2.3 months | $330 | 11.2 months |
| Bland County | 33 | 30.0% | 70.0% | 3.8 months | $829 | 4.3 months |
| Madison County | 32 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.1 months | $292 | 3.6 months |
| Appomattox County | 31 | 4.0% | 96.0% | 2.3 months | $355 | 2.5 months |
| Hopewell | 29 | 8.0% | 92.0% | 4.1 months | $557 | 11.7 months |
| Nelson County | 29 | 0.0% | 91.3% | 4.5 months | $306 | 2.0 months |
| Rappahannock County | 27 | 8.7% | 82.6% | 3.8 months | $323 | 3.5 months |
| Richmond County | 27 | 5.0% | 95.0% | 4.5 months | $403 | 6.0 months |
| Grayson County | 26 | 21.1% | 73.7% | 3.5 months | $250 | 1.0 years |
| Charlotte County | 24 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.4 months | $382 | 8.8 months |
| Lee County | 24 | 23.1% | 76.9% | 4.4 months | $528 | 2.0 months |
| Dickenson County | 23 | 12.5% | 87.5% | 6.7 months | $625 | 5.1 months |
| Patrick County | 23 | 11.1% | 88.9% | 3.7 months | $288 | 10.7 months |
| Lunenburg County | 21 | 14.3% | 85.7% | 3.5 months | $275 | 10.7 months |
| Fluvanna County | 20 | 16.7% | 83.3% | 3.7 months | $325 | 4.5 months |
| King and Queen County | 20 | 18.8% | 81.2% | 2.7 months | $288 | 3.8 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Understanding the Data
What these numbers mean for someone facing DUI charges in Virginia.
113
Jurisdictions with DUI Data
12 months
Data Period (2025)
12.3%
Statewide Avg Dismissal
DUI/DWI outcomes are shaped by structural factors that vary by jurisdiction — prosecutorial charging standards, local plea negotiation practices, court caseloads, and the defense bar's experience with these cases.
Key patterns across Virginia:
- Dismissal rates range from under 5% to over 30% depending on jurisdiction
- Case timelines vary from under 100 days to over 400 days median
- Neighboring jurisdictions can have dramatically different outcomes
DUI Guides by Jurisdiction
In-depth analysis of DUI outcomes in Northern Virginia's highest-volume courts.
Compare DUI / DWI to Related Charges
See how DUI / DWI outcomes compare side-by-side with related charges across Virginia.
Related Virginia Statutes
Virginia Code sections associated with DUI / DWI charges.
Case Dismissed?
If your DUI / DWI case was dismissed or dropped, you may be eligible to have it sealed from your record.
Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 22,867 cases analyzed across 113 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.
Bland County has the highest dismissal rate for DUI / DWI at 30.0%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 22,867 DUI / DWI cases were filed across 113 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 12.3%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for DUI / DWI across Virginia is 86.0%, 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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