Key Capabilities
FAACT Key Capabilities
Data Governance
The FAACT Data Trust leverages the Commonwealth’s Data Trust which specifies what data is shared with who, how it can be shared, includes sensitive data when appropriate for entity matching (not shared), and can reference existing data. Learn more about the Commonwealth Data Trust.
Secure Data Sharing
Through a secure Data Sharing Platform (Socrata), the FAACT project makes datasets available for exploration, data profiling, and consumption as allowed by the Data Trust Agreement.
Self-Service Analytics
Easy-to-use data visualization applications provide answers to some of the most pressing questions about substance use and addiction at the community level. You can explore data on demand or schedule data regular delivery of reports to your email.
Predictive Capability
Using data science techniques, the FAACT project conducts deep analyses on available datasets to study complex trends and patterns around substance use and addiction.
FAACT Facts
Unique Data Elements: 1,300+
Unique Substances Tracked: 2,300+
Years of Data Compiled: 30 Years
Law Enforcement Unique Incidents: 10M+
Law Enforcement Encounters: 30M+
Note: Encounters represent all related activities on the Incident (e.g., One incident could have multiple crimes leading to several encounters)
EMS Naloxone Administrations (2018-Present): 40K+
VDH Naloxone Kits Distributed (2023-Present): 190K+
Fentanyl Test Strips Distributed (2023-Present): 150K+
Business Use Cases
Learn about Drug Patterns in Your Jurisdiction
Twenty years of Department of Forensic Science (DFS) data that identifies substances submitting to the lab for analysis.
Insights
- What are the trends in substances identified over time?
- Which localities are now suffering an influx of a selected substance?
- What substances co-occur when confiscated?
Identify Patterns with Fatal Drug Overdoses
Over twenty-five years of Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) data that analyzes fatal drug overdoses.
Insights
- When did Fentanyl become the most prevalent drug involved in deaths?
- Which localities have the most drug deaths and which have the highest per capita drug deaths?
- What are races and ages more likely to abuse opioids with stimulants or alcohol?
Understand Criminal Trends involving Drugs and Narcotics
Over twenty years of Virginia State Police data for drug and narcotic violations (35A) and over thirty years of National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data for all Virginian criminal charges.
Insights
- What are the recent drug charges and how have they changed over the decades?
- How does the criminal activity types like possession or distribution compare between different age groups?
- Do smaller cities and counties have more crimes committed by local residents or non-residents?