2023 Facts At A Glance

• The total number of incidents reported was 363,437. (Page 10)

• The total number of offenses reported was 405,672 and the month of May had the greatest numbers of offenses reported with 36,510. (Page 9)

• In the number of reported incidents, there were 423,636 Group A Crimes reported by the contributing agencies. (Page 8 & 10)

• Of the 20,824 violent crimes reported, 49.4% occurred in the residence/home. (Page 55)

• There were 5,647 victims of the 5,349 forcible sex offenses reported by the contributing agencies. (Page 19)

• The total theft of property was $634,863,885. Stolen automotive and financial property accounted for a property loss of $242,782,770 and $240,697,664 respectively. (Page 46)

• Firearms represented 40.6% of all known weapons used in aggravated assaults. Of all victims of aggravated assault, 56.3% had some type of injury. (Page 16)

• There were 3,243 assaults on officers reported in Virginia. Of those who reported injury data, over one-quarter (27.6%) involved some type of injury to the officer. (Page 77)

• Of the 325 hate crimes reported, 94.2% of these were assault offenses (aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation) or vandalism/damage of property offenses. (Page 61)

• Drug arrests increased (18.0 %) with the largest increase in the Under 18, followed by the 65 and over age group (54.9% and 44.3%). Arrestees may have been arrested with more than one drug. (Pages 48-49 & Page 71)

Data fluctuates as investigations continue. Data reflected in this publication is as of March 31, 2024. 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.