Probation Violation in Virginia
57,299 cases across 116 jurisdictions · 2025
Charge statistics were restated in July 2026 — cases are now grouped by the Virginia Code section charged. What changed and why
According to 57,299 public court records from 2025, 57.7% of probation violation cases across 116 Virginia jurisdictions ended in revocation of the suspended sentence or probation. Revocation — not dismissal or a new conviction — is the usual outcome of these proceedings.
Outcome of 57,299 cases
| Outcome | Cases | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Revoked | 33,072 | 57.7% |
| Dismissed or dropped | 6,872 | 12.0% |
| Convicted | 3,063 | 5.3% |
| Other or still pending | 14,292 | 24.9% |
These figures use all 57,299 cases as the denominator, so the shares above sum to 100%. A revocation proceeding asks whether a previously suspended sentence should be imposed — it does not produce a "dismissal rate" comparable to other charges, so none is published here. Revocation is governed by Va. Code § 19.2-306. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: July 8, 2026
Exhibit · Outcomes vary by court
Where probation violation cases end in revocation, by jurisdiction
Across the 10 busiest courts72.5% in Spotsylvania County to 79.7% in Arlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake | 2,313 | 93.3% | 2.0% | 3.9 months | — | 2.9 years |
| Henrico County | 2,193 | 87.0% | 10.6% | 4.7 months | $100 | 1.2 years |
| Rockingham County | 1,739 | 93.3% | 6.7% | 3.9 months | $1,000 | 11.8 months |
| Virginia Beach | 1,728 | 59.9% | 37.9% | 3.6 months | $265 | 1.1 years |
| Chesterfield County | 1,711 | 77.2% | 20.0% | 5.1 months | $250 | 1.8 years |
| Arlington County | 1,426 | 79.7% | 20.3% | 4.8 months | $416 | 4.0 months |
| Tazewell County | 1,304 | 95.4% | 0.7% | 3.0 months | — | 6.0 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 1,215 | 72.5% | 16.6% | 3.9 months | — | 7.4 months |
| Norfolk | 1,179 | 91.2% | 4.8% | 4.3 months | $200 | 9.1 months |
| Scott County | 1,143 | 84.6% | 14.1% | 4.0 months | — | 7.9 years |
| Loudoun County | 1,109 | 69.3% | 30.5% | 4.8 months | $258 | 1.1 years |
| Danville | 1,080 | 87.6% | 2.7% | 2.0 months | $200 | 5.1 months |
| Culpeper County | 1,000 | 84.8% | 15.2% | 1.7 months | $227 | 2.3 months |
| Franklin County | 928 | 46.0% | 0.7% | 2.2 months | — | — |
| Bristol | 918 | 92.3% | 7.7% | 3.9 months | — | — |
| Fredericksburg | 908 | 65.9% | 34.1% | 2.4 months | $25 | 5.3 months |
| Montgomery County | 907 | 85.2% | 14.6% | 3.2 months | — | 3.7 years |
| Prince William County | 906 | 93.8% | 4.0% | 4.3 months | — | 4.7 months |
| Frederick County | 900 | 89.3% | 10.7% | 3.4 months | $244 | 5.3 months |
| Lee County | 886 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 2.9 months | — | — |
| Henry County | 841 | 86.9% | 12.5% | 2.2 months | $379 | 2.5 years |
| Augusta County | 833 | 92.0% | 8.0% | 3.2 months | $250 | 5.7 months |
| Page County | 829 | 98.8% | 1.2% | 5.1 months | — | 5.7 months |
| Warren County | 827 | 92.4% | 7.6% | 2.8 months | $370 | 7.2 months |
| Washington County | 810 | 43.7% | 56.2% | 2.9 months | — | 7.6 months |
| Richmond City | 810 | 96.3% | 3.7% | 5.9 months | — | 3.2 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 792 | 80.4% | 14.9% | 1.4 months | — | 2.6 years |
| Roanoke County | 785 | 94.7% | 5.3% | 2.4 months | — | 10 days |
| Stafford County | 771 | 81.8% | 17.9% | 3.9 months | — | 8.6 months |
| Pulaski County | 759 | 42.0% | 52.9% | 4.4 months | — | 8.6 months |
| Buchanan County | 748 | 96.8% | 3.2% | 3.6 months | — | 11.8 months |
| Wise County | 696 | 94.2% | 5.8% | 3.7 months | — | 5.6 years |
| Mecklenburg County | 695 | 90.4% | 9.6% | 2.3 months | $175 | 1.2 years |
| Suffolk | 684 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 5.2 months | — | — |
| Hanover County | 641 | 64.1% | 25.9% | 3.2 months | $153 | 2.1 years |
| Lynchburg | 627 | 53.5% | 42.8% | 4.1 months | $250 | 9.5 months |
| Hampton | 622 | 90.5% | 9.3% | 4.2 months | $133 | 1.8 years |
| Smyth County | 612 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 2.3 months | — | — |
| Winchester | 605 | 87.8% | 12.2% | 2.7 months | — | 6.0 months |
| Fauquier County | 603 | 89.6% | 8.3% | 4.9 months | $250 | 6.0 months |
| Russell County | 582 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 1.9 months | $50 | 3.8 months |
| Martinsville | 564 | 98.7% | 1.3% | 3.3 months | $50 | 10 days |
| Patrick County | 538 | 92.3% | 7.7% | 3.3 months | — | 1.0 months |
| Fairfax County | 534 | 81.1% | 18.9% | 4.5 months | $544 | 3.4 months |
| Newport News | 523 | 92.9% | 7.1% | 4.3 months | — | 6.3 years |
| Gloucester County | 515 | 65.3% | 32.8% | 2.2 months | $284 | 2.2 years |
| Botetourt County | 490 | 92.0% | 8.0% | 2.1 months | — | 4.7 years |
| Bedford County | 482 | 83.5% | 15.6% | 2.6 months | $75 | 18 days |
| Staunton | 448 | 40.4% | 59.6% | 3.1 months | — | 3.7 years |
| Rockbridge County | 443 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.1 months | — | — |
| Wythe County | 440 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 4.5 months | — | — |
| York County | 429 | 88.9% | 11.1% | 3.6 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Carroll County | 421 | 91.5% | 8.5% | 3.7 months | — | 6.1 months |
| Williamsburg | 396 | 59.4% | 40.6% | 3.8 months | — | 9.5 months |
| Shenandoah County | 388 | 94.7% | 5.3% | 3.5 months | — | 3.6 months |
| Halifax County | 374 | 58.9% | 41.1% | 2.8 months | $262 | 4.3 years |
| Orange County | 352 | 97.7% | 0.0% | 2.8 months | — | — |
| Alexandria | 344 | 56.4% | 43.6% | 3.2 months | — | 9.2 months |
| Southampton County | 337 | 86.6% | 13.4% | 3.3 months | — | 4.1 years |
| Roanoke City | 332 | 89.6% | 10.4% | 2.1 months | — | 21 days |
| Alleghany County | 318 | 95.2% | 4.8% | 3.2 months | — | 5.0 months |
| Louisa County | 317 | 70.3% | 28.4% | 1.5 months | — | 2.2 years |
| Colonial Heights | 295 | 92.1% | 7.9% | 4.3 months | — | 11.2 months |
| Waynesboro | 268 | 93.3% | 6.7% | 2.3 months | — | 3.8 years |
| New Kent County | 266 | 80.4% | 16.0% | 3.3 months | $492 | 4.6 months |
| Amherst County | 261 | 86.8% | 13.2% | 5.3 months | $100 | 3.5 years |
| Campbell County | 261 | 66.4% | 32.2% | 2.5 months | $50 | 1.5 months |
| Prince Edward County | 257 | 93.1% | 6.9% | 3.8 months | $250 | 12.0 months |
| Accomack County | 241 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 2.6 months | — | — |
| Grayson County | 239 | 63.2% | 36.8% | 4.7 months | — | 4.8 years |
| Radford | 232 | 7.5% | 92.5% | 6.7 months | $250 | 9.4 years |
| Hopewell | 224 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 6.1 months | — | — |
| Portsmouth | 218 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 4.2 months | — | — |
| Petersburg | 211 | 91.3% | 8.7% | 4.0 months | — | 6.2 months |
| Albemarle County | 206 | 92.3% | 7.7% | 3.8 months | — | 4.2 months |
| Dickenson County | 202 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 3.6 months | — | 10.0 months |
| Salem | 194 | 98.9% | 1.1% | 2.8 months | — | 10 days |
| Nelson County | 186 | 95.7% | 4.3% | 3.8 months | — | 10.0 months |
| Madison County | 184 | 71.0% | 29.0% | 4.4 months | — | 10.3 months |
| Charlottesville | 180 | 75.6% | 24.4% | 3.3 months | — | 2.1 years |
| Brunswick County | 177 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 2.0 months | — | 6.1 months |
| Prince George County | 174 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 6.3 months | — | — |
| Giles County | 170 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 5.0 months | — | — |
| Caroline County | 169 | 51.1% | 48.9% | 2.5 months | — | 4.4 years |
| King George County | 165 | 41.7% | 58.3% | 2.6 months | — | 3.0 years |
| Nottoway County | 164 | 83.4% | 16.6% | 3.2 months | — | 6.4 months |
| Greensville County | 157 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 5.0 months | — | — |
| Isle of Wight County | 156 | 30.8% | 69.2% | 3.7 months | — | 3.3 years |
| Appomattox County | 153 | 56.1% | 43.9% | 2.3 months | $250 | 3.5 years |
| Westmoreland County | 142 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 4.0 months | — | 11.0 months |
| Greene County | 132 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.2 months | — | — |
| Dinwiddie County | 127 | 93.8% | 6.2% | 6.8 months | — | 4.0 months |
| Northampton County | 125 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 2.7 months | — | — |
| Floyd County | 111 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 4.6 months | — | — |
| Cumberland County | 99 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 6.7 months | — | — |
| Lancaster County | 99 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 6.1 months | — | 4.2 months |
| Buena Vista | 97 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 2.4 months | — | 5.0 years |
| Middlesex County | 95 | 23.6% | 74.2% | 4.2 months | $244 | 3.9 months |
| Buckingham County | 93 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 5.1 months | — | — |
| Fluvanna County | 89 | 88.1% | 11.9% | 5.7 months | — | 6.5 months |
| Clarke County | 72 | 62.8% | 37.2% | 3.4 months | $225 | 1.1 years |
| Richmond County | 71 | 90.0% | 10.0% | 6.1 months | — | — |
| King William County | 63 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 3.5 months | — | 4.5 years |
| Lunenburg County | 63 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 4.2 months | — | — |
| Galax | 56 | 61.8% | 38.2% | 1.9 months | $151 | 11.9 months |
| Amelia County | 55 | 31.5% | 68.5% | 2.1 months | $250 | 11.6 months |
| Goochland County | 54 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 2.2 months | — | — |
| Sussex County | 54 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 5.6 months | — | — |
| Charlotte County | 52 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 2.4 months | — | 11.9 years |
| Mathews County | 48 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 3.9 months | — | 5.9 years |
| Rappahannock County | 44 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.4 months | — | — |
| Powhatan County | 42 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.3 months | — | — |
| Essex County | 42 | 6.8% | 93.2% | 4.7 months | — | 3.2 years |
| Northumberland County | 40 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 6.5 months | — | — |
| Falls Church | 39 | 45.0% | 55.0% | 3.9 months | $225 | 3.9 months |
| King and Queen County | 35 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.7 months | — | — |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 57,299 cases analyzed across 116 jurisdictions. Last updated July 8, 2026. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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