Weapons Offense in Virginia
63,219 cases across 122 jurisdictions · 2023–2024
According to 63,219 public court records from 2023–2024, Weapons Offense cases across 122 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 61.3% and an average conviction rate of 36.0%. Statewide, 6.3% of Weapons Offense charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $342.
Facing Weapons Offense charges in Virginia? Dismissal rates range from 26.3% to 86.2% depending on the court. An attorney who knows your court can tell you what this means — free, no obligation.
Ask a Virginia attorney — freeDismissal 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 122 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2023–2024 public court records. Last updated: December 2024
63,219
Total Cases
61.3%
Avg Dismissal Rate
36.0%
Avg Conviction Rate
$342
Avg Fine
2.5 years
Avg Sentence
6.3%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond City | 4,905 | 65.7% | 30.3% | 4.1 months | $108 | 3.0 years |
| Virginia Beach | 4,474 | 48.3% | 49.7% | 4.9 months | $231 | 2.0 years |
| Newport News | 4,065 | 70.6% | 26.0% | 4.7 months | $304 | 2.5 years |
| Norfolk | 3,574 | 60.0% | 36.9% | 4.5 months | $163 | 2.0 years |
| Henrico County | 2,859 | 55.8% | 40.2% | 4.0 months | $192 | 2.3 years |
| Chesapeake | 2,532 | 64.0% | 34.0% | 5.0 months | $310 | 2.7 years |
| Chesterfield County | 2,263 | 69.8% | 28.2% | 4.5 months | $215 | 2.0 years |
| Hampton | 2,132 | 63.0% | 32.4% | 5.0 months | $240 | 2.5 years |
| Prince William County | 2,076 | 74.0% | 24.6% | 5.9 months | $193 | 2.3 years |
| Suffolk | 1,711 | 57.6% | 41.1% | 5.3 months | $219 | 2.7 years |
| Fairfax County | 1,578 | 86.2% | 12.9% | 6.0 months | $227 | 4.6 months |
| Portsmouth | 1,515 | 76.7% | 21.1% | 4.4 months | $125 | 2.4 years |
| Petersburg | 1,217 | 58.8% | 31.6% | 6.2 months | $163 | 2.5 years |
| Roanoke City | 1,155 | 60.9% | 36.9% | 2.4 months | $224 | 2.3 years |
| Danville | 1,036 | 66.3% | 29.2% | 3.5 months | $172 | 2.8 years |
| Lynchburg | 947 | 62.7% | 31.1% | 3.5 months | $145 | 1.6 years |
| Stafford County | 821 | 57.6% | 41.1% | 5.0 months | $237 | 2.1 years |
| Arlington County | 782 | 72.3% | 26.8% | 6.6 months | $8,992 | 2.8 years |
| Hanover County | 713 | 58.0% | 40.6% | 4.0 months | $280 | 2.0 years |
| Spotsylvania County | 655 | 60.2% | 38.5% | 3.8 months | $228 | 3.2 years |
| Rockingham County | 584 | 56.7% | 42.9% | 4.7 months | $242 | 2.6 years |
| Montgomery County | 528 | 42.0% | 55.0% | 4.4 months | $393 | 3.0 years |
| Colonial Heights | 520 | 73.2% | 26.0% | 4.8 months | $230 | 2.4 years |
| Tazewell County | 520 | 68.9% | 28.3% | 6.3 months | $250 | 2.3 years |
| Roanoke County | 512 | 52.9% | 42.7% | 3.8 months | $378 | 1.8 years |
| Hopewell | 501 | 64.2% | 34.9% | 5.1 months | $125 | 3.1 years |
| Halifax County | 500 | 51.4% | 45.8% | 4.2 months | $319 | 3.6 years |
| Loudoun County | 457 | 68.1% | 27.7% | 4.7 months | $208 | 2.0 years |
| Henry County | 456 | 54.9% | 40.7% | 4.1 months | $129 | 2.4 years |
| Augusta County | 448 | 45.7% | 51.7% | 4.6 months | $194 | 3.1 years |
| Fredericksburg | 429 | 57.4% | 36.9% | 3.3 months | $181 | 1.8 years |
| Washington County | 428 | 52.6% | 46.4% | 6.5 months | $250 | 3.7 years |
| Prince George County | 427 | 71.0% | 28.6% | 5.5 months | $275 | 3.8 years |
| Williamsburg | 396 | 59.9% | 37.9% | 4.5 months | $200 | 2.8 years |
| Mecklenburg County | 389 | 61.5% | 37.0% | 6.5 months | $167 | 4.5 years |
| Franklin County | 371 | 58.4% | 39.4% | 4.2 months | $122 | 2.6 years |
| Albemarle County | 355 | 63.9% | 33.9% | 3.8 months | $383 | 2.5 years |
| Wise County | 353 | 67.7% | 31.4% | 7.0 months | $350 | 3.0 years |
| Frederick County | 352 | 52.1% | 47.4% | 6.1 months | $211 | 2.3 years |
| York County | 351 | 67.9% | 31.2% | 3.9 months | $182 | 2.6 years |
| Pulaski County | 349 | 55.6% | 42.8% | 4.3 months | $100 | 3.1 years |
| Campbell County | 345 | 37.9% | 60.7% | 5.4 months | $350 | 2.8 years |
| Wythe County | 339 | 45.7% | 52.0% | 5.1 months | $352 | 3.3 years |
| Scott County | 331 | 33.5% | 66.0% | 5.8 months | $712 | 3.6 years |
| Martinsville | 330 | 61.8% | 34.1% | 5.7 months | $239 | 3.8 years |
| Bedford County | 317 | 69.2% | 28.9% | 3.5 months | $146 | 2.0 years |
| Charlottesville | 316 | 61.7% | 37.4% | 3.3 months | — | 2.8 years |
| Alleghany County | 312 | 51.5% | 45.1% | 2.5 months | $146 | 2.9 years |
| Bristol | 288 | 40.8% | 56.7% | 5.5 months | $497 | 3.5 years |
| Culpeper County | 275 | 46.3% | 51.6% | 4.2 months | $255 | 2.7 years |
| Dinwiddie County | 273 | 62.7% | 35.4% | 4.6 months | $206 | 2.9 years |
| Carroll County | 270 | 44.4% | 53.2% | 6.7 months | $364 | 3.4 years |
| New Kent County | 253 | 65.6% | 31.7% | 4.7 months | $679 | 3.0 years |
| Rockbridge County | 251 | 50.3% | 46.7% | 3.9 months | $350 | 2.5 years |
| Smyth County | 248 | 47.4% | 51.9% | 6.0 months | $314 | 3.4 years |
| Gloucester County | 247 | 54.5% | 40.7% | 3.5 months | $333 | 3.0 years |
| Grayson County | 242 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 5.1 months | — | 3.7 years |
| Accomack County | 241 | 45.7% | 53.5% | 5.9 months | $168 | 3.1 years |
| Louisa County | 241 | 60.5% | 37.1% | 4.4 months | $62 | 2.6 years |
| Shenandoah County | 238 | 59.1% | 40.9% | 5.6 months | $369 | 2.0 years |
| Lee County | 237 | 40.3% | 58.9% | 3.8 months | $659 | 4.9 years |
| Amherst County | 235 | 62.0% | 34.0% | 4.3 months | $443 | 3.7 years |
| Warren County | 232 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 4.7 months | $300 | 2.2 years |
| Russell County | 230 | 56.8% | 41.8% | 4.2 months | $250 | 3.3 years |
| Winchester | 222 | 47.7% | 52.3% | 4.8 months | $400 | 2.5 years |
| Isle of Wight County | 221 | 58.9% | 40.2% | 5.5 months | $160 | 2.3 years |
| Alexandria | 218 | 75.9% | 24.1% | 3.3 months | $250 | 4.6 months |
| Caroline County | 214 | 58.9% | 34.9% | 4.0 months | $188 | 2.9 years |
| Radford | 210 | 38.3% | 60.2% | 6.4 months | $485 | 2.8 years |
| Waynesboro | 192 | 49.0% | 45.2% | 3.8 months | $250 | 2.8 years |
| Fauquier County | 184 | 64.4% | 33.3% | 4.2 months | $222 | 1.0 years |
| Staunton | 182 | 51.0% | 49.0% | 3.2 months | $300 | 3.5 years |
| Sussex County | 180 | 64.0% | 35.1% | 6.8 months | $100 | 3.8 years |
| Buckingham County | 176 | 63.5% | 28.1% | 5.1 months | $250 | 5.0 years |
| Page County | 175 | 46.6% | 50.8% | 5.6 months | $100 | 3.4 years |
| Northampton County | 174 | 52.1% | 45.8% | 5.2 months | $200 | 2.4 years |
| Brunswick County | 173 | 46.9% | 51.0% | 5.2 months | $92 | 4.1 years |
| Southampton County | 165 | 47.5% | 48.5% | 6.2 months | $438 | 2.8 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 164 | 51.6% | 32.6% | 3.8 months | $200 | 1.8 years |
| Buchanan County | 162 | 59.8% | 39.2% | 7.5 months | $100 | 2.2 years |
| Prince Edward County | 162 | 61.4% | 37.6% | 4.9 months | $358 | 3.5 years |
| Greensville County | 161 | 52.7% | 45.5% | 5.7 months | $550 | 4.2 years |
| Botetourt County | 156 | 52.4% | 45.7% | 2.5 months | $200 | 2.4 years |
| Orange County | 153 | 51.4% | 44.1% | 5.4 months | $100 | 2.7 years |
| Nottoway County | 149 | 58.7% | 35.9% | 5.7 months | $75 | 2.0 years |
| Patrick County | 143 | 51.3% | 46.1% | 6.4 months | $595 | 2.5 years |
| Northumberland County | 142 | 85.7% | 13.4% | 3.4 months | — | 4.0 years |
| Westmoreland County | 125 | 69.8% | 25.4% | 6.3 months | $183 | 4.2 years |
| Franklin City | 122 | 73.0% | 23.8% | 5.4 months | $675 | 8.5 months |
| Nelson County | 122 | 46.0% | 49.4% | 4.3 months | $112 | 2.6 years |
| Salem | 119 | 48.7% | 51.3% | 2.7 months | $50 | 2.1 years |
| Fluvanna County | 118 | 57.1% | 39.0% | 4.7 months | $1,000 | 2.6 years |
| Dickenson County | 116 | 67.1% | 32.9% | 6.0 months | $58 | 4.1 years |
| King George County | 116 | 58.2% | 40.5% | 4.7 months | $300 | 2.7 years |
| Charlotte County | 113 | 59.7% | 40.3% | 3.8 months | $867 | 3.6 years |
| Appomattox County | 110 | 43.5% | 55.1% | 4.9 months | $137 | 3.3 years |
| Emporia | 110 | 76.8% | 23.2% | 6.2 months | $220 | 9.1 months |
| King William County | 108 | 74.6% | 19.0% | 3.1 months | $75 | 1.9 years |
| Lunenburg County | 106 | 62.7% | 34.7% | 5.6 months | — | 5.5 years |
| Floyd County | 90 | 68.0% | 32.0% | 5.6 months | $260 | 1.9 years |
| Greene County | 87 | 58.0% | 42.0% | 5.3 months | — | 2.6 years |
| Powhatan County | 79 | 68.5% | 29.6% | 4.5 months | — | 3.3 years |
| Amelia County | 78 | 43.9% | 48.8% | 2.6 months | $50 | 2.0 years |
| Lancaster County | 78 | 70.8% | 23.1% | 4.2 months | $175 | 2.8 years |
| Goochland County | 75 | 53.4% | 43.1% | 4.6 months | $50 | 2.5 years |
| Essex County | 67 | 73.2% | 22.0% | 2.6 months | — | 3.7 years |
| Richmond County | 67 | 60.5% | 39.5% | 6.9 months | $1,300 | 2.7 years |
| Giles County | 62 | 75.9% | 20.7% | 3.5 months | — | 5.4 years |
| Cumberland County | 58 | 50.0% | 47.6% | 4.2 months | $50 | 3.9 years |
| Galax | 57 | 77.1% | 20.0% | 4.2 months | $225 | 10.0 months |
| Bland County | 56 | 62.9% | 31.4% | 4.3 months | — | 2.8 years |
| Rappahannock County | 56 | 36.0% | 64.0% | 3.9 months | $375 | 3.5 years |
| Buena Vista | 52 | 48.3% | 48.3% | 3.2 months | $200 | 2.4 years |
| Madison County | 43 | 35.7% | 64.3% | 4.6 months | $100 | 2.8 years |
| Charles City County | 35 | 78.6% | 21.4% | 5.2 months | — | 2.0 years |
| King and Queen County | 32 | 61.5% | 26.9% | 3.8 months | $75 | 4.2 years |
| Bath County | 31 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 3.3 months | $105 | 3.6 years |
| Craig County | 29 | 52.9% | 41.2% | 3.0 months | $300 | 3.3 years |
| Mathews County | 27 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 4.1 months | — | 1.9 years |
| Surry County | 26 | 26.3% | 73.7% | 5.3 months | $475 | 2.3 years |
| Clarke County | 22 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 3.6 months | $250 | 1.9 years |
| Highland County | 22 | 35.7% | 64.3% | 2.6 months | $88 | 2.3 years |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024. 63,219 cases analyzed across 122 jurisdictions. Last updated December 2024. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Fairfax County has the highest dismissal rate for Weapons Offense at 86.2%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 63,219 Weapons Offense cases were filed across 122 Virginia jurisdictions in 2023–2024, with an average dismissal rate of 61.3%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Weapons Offense across Virginia is 36.0%, based on 2023-2024 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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