Chapter 1 describes the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program and its objectives. The new Incident-Based Reporting (IBR) format of the Virginia UCR Program is enumerated, as are the factors believed to affect the type and volume in various places, such as population size and density. Chapter 2 presents information about Group A offenses committed in Virginia during 2003. Contributing agencies reported a total of 477,642 Group A offenses during 2003, with the month of August having the greatest number reported. A total of 21,713 violent crimes were reported, with 45.2 percent of them occurring in the home. A total of 4,900 forcible sex offenses were committed against 5,199 victims in 2003; 87 percent of these victims were females. Contributing agencies reported 9,829 aggravated assault offenses during 2003, 27,997 burglaries, and 165,177 offenses of larceny. Firearms represented 16.6 percent of weapons used in aggravated assaults and 71.9 percent of aggravated assault victims suffered some type of injury. A total of 17,566 motor vehicle thefts were reported, representing a total financial loss of $106,689,725 million. Chapter 3 presents summary information about Group A crimes by violent crime, property crime, and hate crime. A total of 21,713 violent crimes involving 23,999 victims, and 337,235 property offenses were reported in 2003. Hate crimes are delineated by offender motivation; of the 312 hate crimes reported, 39.1 percent involved an assault and 37.8 percent were property offenses. Chapter 4 reports on law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty by type of activity, weapon, injury, assignment, and time of day. There were 1,294 assaults on Virginia officers in 2003; 29.0 percent involved injury to the officer. Chapter 5 presents information about the value of property loss by month, type of property, and by type of offense. Arrest data are presented in chapter 6 by demographic information of arrestee and type of offense. Group A arrests in 2003 totaled 111,582. Chapter 7 lists the full-time law enforcement employees of contributing agencies and chapter 8 lists Group A offenses by IBR contributor. Finally, information about arrests by county and city are offered in chapter 9. Figures, tables