2024 Facts At A Glance

• There were 400,729 Group A Crimes reported by the contributing agencies. The total number of incidents reported was 343,896. Multiple crimes may occur within an incident. (Page 10)

• Violent crime includes the offenses of murder, rape (including sodomy, and sexual assault with an object), robbery, and aggravated assault. In 2024, Virginia recorded 16,853 violent offenses and 19,480 victims of violent crime, compared to 18,116 offenses and 20,824 victims in 2023. This represents a 7.0% decrease in violent crime offenses and a 6.5% decrease in the number of victims year over year. (page 55)

• Of the 19,480 violent crimes reported, 49.8% occurred in the residence/home. The occurrence time is known for 19,083 violent crimes. Slightly over 56% occurred during the night (6 pm to 6 am) and 41.7% occurred during the day (6 am to 6 pm).

• Firearms represented 37.3% of all known weapons used in aggravated assaults. Of all victims of aggravated assault, 56.4% had some type of injury. (Page 16)

• There were 5,226 victims of forcible sex offenses reported by the contributing agencies. Eighty-four people were victims of multiple offenses. (Page 19)

• The total theft of property was $631,477,238. Stolen automotive and financial property accounted for a property loss of $199,577,670 and $283,484,323 respectively. (Page 46)

• Drug arrests decreased 7.2% with the largest decrease in the 18 - 24 age group at 22.1%. However, drug arrests in the 65 and over age group increased by 41.7%. (Page 49 & Page 71)

• There were 340 hate crime incidents involving 344 offenses, with 377 victims (including individuals, businesses, and religion organizations) reported by contributing agencies in 2024. Of the 377 hate crimes reported, 91.5% of these were assault offenses (aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation) or destruction/damage/vandalism of property offenses. Hate crimes involving vandalism increased by 63.3% from 2023 to 2024. Of the 229 racially or ethnically motivated hate crimes reported, 138 of these (60.3%) were Anti-Black or African American, which is a slight increase from the 57.2% in 2023.

• Although most hate crimes (59.3%) were racially or ethnically motivated, the most significant increase in hate crimes between 2023 and 2024 involved bias against religion from 48 to 100 crimes (108.3% increase). This was primarily due to an increase in crimes involving anti-Jewish bias from 33 to 84 crimes (154.5%). (Page 61)

• There were 3,257 assaults on officers reported in Virginia. Of those who reported injury data, one-quarter (25.8%) involved some type of injury to the officer. (Pages 77 & 78)

Data fluctuates as investigations continue. The data reflected in this publication is as of March 31, 2025. 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 is reported, the date used is the first date of the range. This publication reports both offense counts, and crime counts. Offense counts represent the number of distinct offenses occurring within a single incident, while crime counts reflect the number of victims in crimes against persons, the number of vehicles stolen or attempted to be stolen in motor vehicle thefts, and the number of offenses for all other crime categories.

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.