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D. Md. · fiscal year 20221 Oct 2021 – 30 Sep 2022

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District of Maryland, fiscal year 2022

D. Md. · Fourth Circuit · FY2022 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 2022 (1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022), 579 sentenced cases in the District of Maryland appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2021 had 57,287.

The median prison term was 57 months (4 yr 9 mo); 92% of cases carried a prison term. 26% of sentences were within the guideline range, 53% below it on a government motion, 16% below it for other reasons and 5% above it.

579cases sentencedFY2021: 525
57median prison monthsnational FY2022: 30
26%within guideline rangenational 42%
92%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2022

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking18031.1%—6017%69%9%
Firearms10518.1%—4739%39%15%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement9115.7%82%2825%42%30%
Robbery284.8%100%114—61%—
Immigration264.5%—1439%46%—
Murder244.1%100%213—63%—
Sex Abuse203.5%100%198—65%—
Child Pornography193.3%100%90———
Extortion/Racketeering193.3%100%27———
Other152.6%—————
16 other offence types, pooled529.0%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2022 compared

MeasureD. Md.4th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced5794,68864,142
Median prison months576030
Cases with a prison term92%88%92%
Within guideline range26%46%42%
Below range, government sponsored53%27%33%
Below range, other16%24%23%
Above range5%4%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Md.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201883892%4835%43%16%6%
FY201977793%6035%45%14%6%
FY202046993%4634%44%17%6%
FY202152593%5734%43%16%8%
FY202257992%5726%53%16%5%
FY202350391%4825%53%19%4%
FY202444990%4228%49%20%4%
FY202544390%4828%48%20%4%

← FY2021FY2023 →

§ 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 2022 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 Maryland, FY2018–FY2025.