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D. Ariz. · fiscal year 20181 Oct 2017 – 30 Sep 2018

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District of Arizona, fiscal year 2018

D. Ariz. · Ninth Circuit · FY2018 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2018 (1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018), 4,649 sentenced cases in the District of Arizona appear in the Commission's datafile.

The median prison term was 12 months (1 year); 93% of cases carried a prison term. 39% of sentences were within the guideline range, 52% below it on a government motion, 6% below it for other reasons and 3% above it.

4,649cases sentenced
12median prison monthsnational FY2018: 24
39%within guideline rangenational 51%
93%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2018

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Immigration2,56155.1%97%1035%61%3%
Drug Trafficking78616.9%89%2415%74%10%
Drug Possession3527.6%96%683%—0%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement2846.1%85%384%12%—
Assault1292.8%80%2750%29%14%
Firearms1252.7%83%2443%31%26%
Administration of Justice691.5%68%1164%27%—
Money Launder561.2%80%4618%66%—
National Defense400.9%—33—25%60%
Child Pornography350.8%—97—51%—
Sex Abuse350.8%—5146%40%—
Robbery320.7%—5738%41%—
Prison Offenses310.7%100%1073%——
Manslaughter250.5%—4144%——
Other180.4%——93%—0%
Murder130.3%100%300——0%
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses100.2%100%19———
12 other offence types, pooled481.0%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2018 compared

MeasureD. Ariz.9th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced4,64913,53269,425
Median prison months121824
Cases with a prison term93%92%91%
Within guideline range39%32%51%
Below range, government sponsored52%52%27%
Below range, other6%14%20%
Above range3%2%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Ariz.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20184,64993%1239%52%6%3%
FY20195,61094%1035%58%5%1%
FY20204,56695%636%58%4%1%
FY20214,37194%828%65%6%1%
FY20224,45491%926%67%6%1%
FY20234,81290%926%67%6%1%
FY20243,90490%932%60%7%1%
FY20254,13491%837%55%7%1%

FY2019 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2018 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: District of Arizona, FY2018–FY2025.