2022 Facts At A Glance

• The total number of incidents reported was 355,077. (Page 10)

• The total number of offenses reported was 395,864 and the month of August had the greatest numbers of offenses reported with 35,286. (Page 9 & 10)

• In the number of reported incidents, there were 412,961 Group A Crimes reported by the contributing agencies. (Page 8)

• Of the 20,549 violent crimes reported, 47.6% occurred in the residence/home. (Page 55)

• There were 5,934 victims of the 5,556 forcible sex offenses reported by the contributing agencies. (Page 19)

• The total theft of property was $604,296,226. Stolen automotive and financial property accounted for a property loss of $237,966,365 and $228,672,998 respectively. (Page 46)

• Firearms represented 44.5% of all known weapons used in aggravated assaults. Of all victims of aggravated assault, 53.5% had some type of injury. (Page 16)

• There were 2,903 assaults on officers reported in Virginia. More than one-quarter (26.3%) involved some type of injury to the officer. (Page 78)

• Of the 182 hate crime incidents, 189 offenses were reported. Of the 189 offenses, 95.2% were assault offenses (aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation) or vandalism/damage of property offenses. (Page 61)

• Drug arrests decreased 8.8% with the largest decrease in the 18-24 age group (24.4%). (Page 69)

Data fluctuates as investigations continue. Data reflected in this publication is as of April 3, 2023. If an occurrence or incident date is unknown, the date used for data collection is the date the incident was reported. If a range of dates, the date used is the first date of the range.

Clearance Rates: The IBR system does not accurately reflect the volume of clearances each department produces each year. Additionally, the number of arrests in a jurisdiction does not provide precise offense clearance information in that one person arrested could clear multiple offenses. Please contact individual agencies for incident clearance information.