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D.P.R. · fiscal year 20251 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025

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District of Puerto Rico, fiscal year 2025

D.P.R. · First Circuit · FY2025 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 2025 (1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025), 972 sentenced cases in the District of Puerto Rico appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2024 had 61,678.

The median prison term was 60 months (5 years); 82% of cases carried a prison term. 45% of sentences were within the guideline range, 34% below it on a government motion, 17% below it for other reasons and 4% above it.

972cases sentencedFY2024: 1,120
60median prison monthsnational FY2025: 24
45%within guideline rangenational 52%
82%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2025

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking46748.0%95%7028%51%17%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement13714.1%14%1875%18%—
Immigration10210.5%—665%—28%
Firearms10110.4%—3459%18%12%
Money Launder394.0%74%3033%51%—
Robbery353.6%100%8440%—29%
Child Pornography212.2%100%78———
Administration of Justice161.6%—575%——
Sex Abuse141.4%100%210———
Murder121.2%100%211———
10 other offence types, pooled282.9%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2025 compared

MeasureD.P.R.1st Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced9721,90366,662
Median prison months604524
Cases with a prison term82%87%92%
Within guideline range45%37%52%
Below range, government sponsored34%36%25%
Below range, other17%23%19%
Above range4%4%5%

§ 3All fiscal years, D.P.R.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201876092%4661%12%17%11%
FY20191,16591%6061%13%17%9%
FY202092291%5759%15%17%9%
FY202188488%6051%24%17%8%
FY202281590%6041%36%14%9%
FY20231,09092%6450%30%16%5%
FY20241,12087%7044%35%16%5%
FY202597282%6045%34%17%4%

← FY2024

§ 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 2025 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 Puerto Rico, FY2018–FY2025.