What am I looking at?

The data in these reports and visualizations represents arrests, convictions and non-convictions reported by the Virginia State Police to the Virginia Department of Social Services for certain child abuse offenses (both misdemeanor and felony) as required for the Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (see section B. 2. § 63.2-1530).

How do I use this page?

Start by selecting last year in the Select Year drop-down. Then select your city or county from the map. Each chart will update to show specific data for your area for last year.

Once you are familiar with that data, experiment with selecting different years, different jurisdictions and adding additional cities and counties, or narrow the focus by selecting one item in a chart to narrow the focus.

Bear in mind…

The Virginia State Police collate this data from their own records as well as from local law enforcement agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and provide that data to the Virginia Department of Social Services. The data displayed on this page is from the 2013 fiscal year (July 1st 2012 - June 30th 2013) onwards. For data prior to the 2013 fiscal year, please view the historical reports page.