The outer ring depicts the gender breakdown of stops, exhibiting that males are extra continuously stopped than girls, no matter race, as proven by the inside circle, throughout all 4 localities.
Inhabitants vs. stops by race, statewide and by locality
Throughout Virginia, Black drivers are pulled over disproportionately in comparison with the inhabitants. That is additionally true for stops within the area.
In Chesterfield, Black drivers are 2.3 occasions extra prone to be stopped than white drivers. In Hanover, it’s 5.2 occasions extra seemingly {that a} Black driver will get pulled over by regulation enforcement than a white driver. The speed is the bottom in Henrico, the place Black drivers are nonetheless pulled over 1.6 occasions extra typically that white drivers. And in Richmond, they’re 2.4 occasions extra prone to be stopped than their white counterparts.
As soon as pulled over within the area, Black drivers account for a bigger parts of arrests (55%) and automobile searches (64%) than another race.
Inhabitants vs. stops by ethnicity, statewide and by locality
Hispanic drivers made up 9.3% of stops statewide, slightly below their 10.5% share of Virginia’s inhabitants.
Equally, in Henrico, 5.8% of all drivers stopped had been Hispanic, beneath their 6.6% share of the county’s inhabitants.
