Direct indictment
15.1%
Range 3.0%–60.9%
Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney Office Records
119 offices · 166,576 circuit court filings · 2025
Office-level case data for 119 Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney offices, drawn from 166,576 circuit court filings during 2025, refreshed quarterly. Each office page shows filing volume, charging-method mix, and disposition breakdown — no ratings, no claims, no individual prosecutor attribution.
Statewide benchmark — 2025
Medians across 118 qualifying offices (≥50 filings). Read each office's rate against these reference points.
Nolle prosequi
17.8%
Of resolved cases
Guilty
34.9%
Of resolved cases
Trial on contested
9.5%
Excludes nolle, revocations
Direct indictment is % of filings; the other three are % of resolved cases. Direct-indictment rates vary 20-fold across jurisdictions; trial rates on contested cases range from under 1% to over 50%.
All 119 offices, by filing volume (2025)
Sortable. This is a volume index, not a ranking. Click any office for the full charging-method mix, disposition breakdown, and trial activity.
| Office (jurisdiction) | Volume band | Filings | Direct indict % | Nolle % | Trial-on-contested % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | A | 7,065 | 8.2% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| Henrico County | A | 6,558 | 14.5% | 12.8% | 15.2% |
| Chesapeake | A | 5,798 | 6.6% | 16.8% | 7.1% |
| Norfolk | A | 4,685 | 11.6% | 22.4% | 15.4% |
| Prince William County | A | 4,652 | 11.9% | 19.7% | 15.0% |
| Chesterfield County | A | 4,429 | 13.9% | 16.0% | 12.5% |
| Newport News | A | 4,307 | 4.5% | 17.4% | 19.8% |
| Richmond City | A | 3,963 | 31.1% | 28.9% | 6.7% |
| Hampton | A | 3,929 | 5.7% | 16.3% | 11.5% |
| Suffolk | A | 3,643 | 36.9% | 38.8% | 5.0% |
| Spotsylvania County | A | 3,639 | 13.1% | 23.7% | 15.3% |
| Rockingham County | A | 3,352 | 4.8% | 8.0% | 13.4% |
| Montgomery County | A | 3,301 | 19.3% | 19.3% | 0.7% |
| Stafford County | A | 3,296 | 13.8% | 31.9% | 5.7% |
| Tazewell County | A | 3,013 | 24.4% | 33.2% | 0.8% |
| Lynchburg | A | 2,565 | 9.0% | 14.8% | 56.0% |
| Hanover County | A | 2,550 | 5.0% | 21.1% | 19.7% |
| Danville | A | 2,540 | 15.4% | 12.4% | 14.2% |
| Arlington County | A | 2,468 | 4.1% | 4.9% | 1.8% |
| Fredericksburg | A | 2,313 | 11.0% | 20.6% | 15.3% |
| Augusta County | A | 2,161 | 11.8% | 22.0% | 7.5% |
| Henry County | A | 2,144 | 12.0% | 6.6% | 39.6% |
| Roanoke City | A | 2,086 | 31.0% | 25.8% | 8.6% |
| Franklin County | A | 2,064 | 20.5% | 14.8% | 28.3% |
| Loudoun County | A | 2,008 | 12.0% | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| Roanoke County | A | 1,985 | 22.7% | 15.7% | 10.9% |
| Frederick County | A | 1,935 | 22.0% | 18.8% | 2.1% |
| Pulaski County | A | 1,896 | 4.0% | 11.5% | 16.3% |
| Portsmouth | A | 1,895 | 20.6% | 27.0% | 9.0% |
| Warren County | A | 1,859 | 18.1% | 14.4% | 4.9% |
| Scott County | A | 1,790 | 9.9% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
| Bristol | A | 1,768 | 3.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Washington County | A | 1,761 | 6.7% | 9.7% | 2.7% |
| Wise County | A | 1,759 | 30.7% | 24.6% | 3.9% |
| Petersburg | A | 1,758 | 7.6% | 18.3% | 13.4% |
| Culpeper County | A | 1,632 | 6.4% | 8.0% | 3.9% |
| Pittsylvania County | A | 1,550 | 21.5% | 11.9% | 58.5% |
| Smyth County | A | 1,502 | 20.9% | 19.9% | 3.5% |
| Lee County | A | 1,462 | 9.1% | 10.7% | 1.9% |
| Wythe County | A | 1,411 | 15.7% | 4.1% | 9.5% |
| Page County | A | 1,336 | 5.3% | 9.7% | 11.3% |
| Winchester | A | 1,317 | 19.1% | 16.1% | 0.7% |
| Mecklenburg County | A | 1,313 | 19.8% | 29.9% | 10.3% |
| Bedford County | A | 1,312 | 8.2% | 7.2% | 7.5% |
| Radford | A | 1,311 | 60.9% | 24.3% | 29.5% |
| Buchanan County | A | 1,298 | 27.2% | 15.2% | 8.5% |
| Halifax County | A | 1,254 | 20.7% | 13.0% | 1.2% |
| Alexandria | A | 1,246 | 10.8% | 6.1% | 9.1% |
| Rockbridge County | A | 1,241 | 12.9% | 23.5% | 16.8% |
| Staunton | A | 1,223 | 11.9% | 18.8% | 3.0% |
| Russell County | A | 1,190 | 23.8% | 12.9% | 4.9% |
| Patrick County | A | 1,166 | 15.2% | 4.8% | 11.1% |
| York County | A | 1,162 | 4.2% | 19.7% | 13.1% |
| Shenandoah County | A | 1,149 | 13.7% | 17.4% | 5.4% |
| Carroll County | A | 1,146 | 15.0% | 11.6% | 8.7% |
| Martinsville | A | 1,122 | 8.4% | 10.5% | 54.0% |
| Botetourt County | A | 1,110 | 24.8% | 19.5% | 52.0% |
| Gloucester County | A | 1,095 | 21.2% | 8.0% | 6.8% |
| Williamsburg | A | 1,025 | 7.9% | 11.6% | 16.6% |
| Campbell County | B | 982 | 12.7% | 17.8% | 12.8% |
| Fauquier County | B | 974 | 6.2% | 4.1% | 7.4% |
| Orange County | B | 974 | 23.9% | 27.2% | 1.6% |
| Alleghany County | B | 891 | 14.0% | 17.9% | 16.4% |
| Southampton County | B | 884 | 4.8% | 16.0% | 53.7% |
| Waynesboro | B | 879 | 7.3% | 23.5% | 6.9% |
| Amherst County | B | 857 | 7.6% | 20.3% | 28.9% |
| Hopewell | B | 828 | 6.4% | 18.9% | 4.7% |
| New Kent County | B | 822 | 19.3% | 19.2% | 45.2% |
| Prince George County | B | 821 | 18.8% | 35.2% | 11.4% |
| Caroline County | B | 786 | 16.5% | 32.7% | 18.9% |
| Accomack County | B | 783 | 10.6% | 13.9% | 26.0% |
| Greensville County | B | 756 | 5.7% | 24.9% | 2.0% |
| Colonial Heights | B | 741 | 16.1% | 21.8% | 12.0% |
| Prince Edward County | B | 718 | 21.9% | 24.0% | 5.3% |
| Isle of Wight County | B | 680 | 7.4% | 16.6% | 12.4% |
| Louisa County | B | 674 | 8.6% | 14.8% | 27.2% |
| Dickenson County | B | 646 | 30.0% | 20.2% | 1.4% |
| Giles County | B | 639 | 27.1% | 14.3% | 3.6% |
| Brunswick County | B | 635 | 20.8% | 21.1% | 46.4% |
| Northampton County | B | 620 | 9.2% | 14.4% | 55.0% |
| Grayson County | B | 617 | 9.9% | 14.7% | 2.4% |
| Buckingham County | B | 603 | 31.3% | 28.2% | 2.4% |
| Westmoreland County | B | 597 | 8.4% | 14.3% | 4.4% |
| Dinwiddie County | B | 564 | 5.7% | 12.1% | 24.3% |
| King George County | B | 550 | 23.8% | 31.5% | 0.5% |
| Albemarle County | B | 549 | 26.8% | 25.9% | 34.0% |
| Nottoway County | B | 511 | 21.5% | 21.0% | 8.2% |
| Salem | C | 499 | 4.0% | 15.2% | 4.8% |
| Charlottesville | C | 468 | 6.6% | 13.0% | 9.1% |
| Nelson County | C | 458 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 32.0% |
| Appomattox County | C | 435 | 20.0% | 13.3% | 6.3% |
| Cumberland County | C | 391 | 51.9% | 61.9% | 11.5% |
| Greene County | C | 379 | 23.2% | 11.6% | 48.0% |
| Amelia County | C | 348 | 43.7% | 28.0% | 68.1% |
| Goochland County | C | 346 | 35.5% | 34.6% | 6.8% |
| Floyd County | C | 340 | 37.4% | 28.8% | 6.0% |
| Fluvanna County | C | 338 | 41.4% | 30.4% | 2.7% |
| Middlesex County | C | 313 | 35.5% | 19.1% | 24.8% |
| Powhatan County | C | 309 | 28.8% | 13.0% | 9.6% |
| Mathews County | C | 307 | 45.9% | 41.9% | 20.2% |
| Madison County | C | 303 | 16.5% | 10.6% | 43.8% |
| Charlotte County | C | 293 | 38.6% | 27.5% | 7.5% |
| Sussex County | C | 286 | 11.5% | 21.4% | 18.4% |
| Lancaster County | C | 276 | 21.7% | 22.9% | 20.4% |
| King William County | C | 261 | 7.7% | 10.4% | 31.2% |
| Buena Vista | C | 250 | 8.0% | 21.4% | 2.8% |
| Northumberland County | C | 239 | 13.0% | 26.9% | 1.2% |
| Clarke County | C | 227 | 26.9% | 27.7% | 5.2% |
| Essex County | C | 214 | 16.8% | 25.2% | 94.2% |
| Lunenburg County | C | 202 | 21.8% | 25.0% | 6.7% |
| Rappahannock County | D | 174 | 16.1% | 12.7% | 14.3% |
| Richmond County | D | 173 | 20.2% | 10.1% | 6.5% |
| King and Queen County | D | 164 | 7.3% | 11.3% | 97.2% |
| Bland County | D | 126 | 0.8% | 36.6% | 0.0% |
| Bath County | D | 108 | 26.9% | 36.3% | 1.8% |
| Surry County | D | 83 | 20.5% | 43.9% | 10.0% |
| Charles City County | D | 78 | 19.2% | 16.7% | 17.9% |
| Craig County | D | 53 | 32.1% | 32.4% | 0.0% |
| Highland County | E | 46 | 6.5% | 7.1% | 34.3% |
About this dataset
- Source: Virginia Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year. Each Commonwealth's Attorney office is identified by its jurisdiction's FIPS code; CIS does not publish individual prosecutor names by case.
- Office-level only. We do not name individual assistant Commonwealth's Attorneys, and we make no claims about who handled which case.
- The 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church) Circuit Court is not in CIS — those offices are not included. Coverage notes.
- Volume bands: A ≥1,000 filings · B 500–999 · C 200–499 · D 50–199 · E <50. Lower-band offices have wider rate confidence intervals — read the volume band before quoting any percentage.
- Federal cases are not included. Probation-revocation matters are tracked separately on each office page and are excluded from the trial-on-contested denominator.
- Full methodology · Read the 2025 accountability report · Report a correction