POLICE TRANSPARENCY:
2025 APPLICATION OF FORCE REPORT
This analysis will look at how and where force has been utilized as it relates to interactions with subjects by different Police Division units across the County. In this analysis the response to resistance, or use of force, was attributed to the unit that initiated the interaction or had the primary interaction that resulted in the application of force to better identify any trends within a particular unit.
2025 Statistics
During calendar year 2025, there were 78 response to resistance incidents from the combined 257,479 calls for service and markouts, for a .03% response rate. This is an increase of 36.8% (21 incidents) from 2024. This still falls below the five-year average of 86.2 and is 42.65% lower than the peak of 136 in 2021.
The Henrico County Police Division experienced a consistent percentage of response rates compared to previous years.
Individual reported injuries continued to decrease significantly by 21.29% from 2024 to 2025. However, officer injuries rose slightly during the same time frame. Subject injuries are about 20% below the five-year average and officer injuries are consistent with the five-year average.
You can view the Henrico County Police Division’s Response to Resistance policy here.
