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Department of JusticeBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Data Source: Firearms Tracing System
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014#153151
ATF Firearms Trace
Data Disclaimer
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking
the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any
reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in
crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of
firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not
be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that
universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not
necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
7,129
2014
Total Number of Firearms Recovered and
Traced in Virginia by Calendar Year
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
4,057
1,1061,101
741
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Firearm Types with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
1,578
911
792
586 563 556459
237182 166
9mm
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.38
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.357
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.32
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
NOTE: There were 1,018 additional traces that
were associated with other calibers. There
were 81 traces with an unknown caliber.
Top Calibers Reported on Firearm Traces
with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
1,556
1,1141,050
595537
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190 174 163
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces
with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
NOTE: There were 1,142 additional traces
that were associated with other categories.
72
74(MD)
51
59
148
54
68
57
37 4,146
53
57
35
25
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Top 15 Source States for Firearms with a
Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
20
NOTE: An additional 34 states
and Guam accounted for 233 other
traces. The source state was
identified in 5,189 total traces.
1/1/2014-12/31/2014 Virginia Average Time-to-Crime: 9.16 Years
1/1/2014-12/31/2014 National Average Time-to-Crime: 10.88 Years
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
393 331 348
667448
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No. of Firearms
Time-To-Crime Rates for Firearms with a
Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
152
676744
1,157
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795866
17 &
Under
18 to
21
22 to
24
25 to
30
31 to
40
41 to
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1/1/2014-12/31/2014 Virginia Average Age of Possessor: 35 Years
1/1/2014-12/31/2014 National Average Age of Possessor: 36 Years
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Age of Possessors for Firearms with a
Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with a
Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Portsmouth
SuffolkWoodbridge
Hampton
Chesapeake
Roanoke
Norfolk Newport News
Virginia Beach
Richmond
NOTE: There were 331 additional
municipalities that accounted for 3,382
other traces. The recovery city could
not be determined for 20 traces.
1,134
572
378371
302
264
212
191
154
149
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Analytical Criteria Used to Compile
the Enclosed Statistics
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information
Firearm Types and Calibers with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.
Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced. Beginning in CY 2010, attempted homicide,
attempted suicide and negligent vehicular manslaughter are reported in separate categories.
Top Source States for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.
•Traces must identify a purchaser and the state in which the final dealer is located.
Time-to-Crime Rates for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.
•Traces must identify a purchaser.
•Time-to-Crime was calculated for those traces in which the purchase date could be subtracted from the recovery date.
Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.
•Includes traces with a recovery city, or, if the recovery city was not provided, the requesting agency had jurisdiction only within
that city.
Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced
•Includes traces with a recovery state of Virginia. Traces in which the recovery state was not provided were included when the
requesting agency state was equal to Virginia.
•Includes Firearms Recovered and Traced between 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014, or, if the recovery date was blank, the trace entry
date was between 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014.
•Duplicate traces, Firearms Not Recovered, Gun Buyback and Firearms Turned In are not included in this figure.
•Data was extracted from the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) on May 1, 2015.
•All traces may not have been submitted or completed at the time of this study.
Age of Possessors for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery
•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.
•Includes traces that provide a possessor and the possessor’s date of birth.
•Possessor’s age is calculated by subtracting the possessor’s date of birth from the recovery date.