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

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Eastern District of Virginia, fiscal year 2022

E.D. Va. · 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), 919 sentenced cases in the Eastern District of Virginia appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2021 had 57,287.

The median prison term was 38 months (3 yr 2 mo); 78% of cases carried a prison term. 53% of sentences were within the guideline range, 16% below it on a government motion, 28% below it for other reasons and 3% above it.

919cases sentencedFY2021: 968
38median prison monthsnational FY2022: 30
53%within guideline rangenational 42%
78%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2022

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking23325.4%—7135%26%35%
Other16317.7%18%098%——
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement14716.0%78%2745%21%31%
Firearms10511.4%—5748%10%39%
Immigration909.8%100%670%—26%
Child Pornography343.7%—78——50%
Sex Abuse212.3%100%210———
Money Launder171.8%—78———
Bribery/Corruption161.7%—25———
Drug Possession151.6%——100%0%0%
Murder141.5%100%life———
Robbery131.4%100%154———
Administration of Justice111.2%—————
14 other offence types, pooled404.4%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2022 compared

MeasureE.D. Va.4th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced9194,68864,142
Median prison months386030
Cases with a prison term78%88%92%
Within guideline range53%46%42%
Below range, government sponsored16%27%33%
Below range, other28%24%23%
Above range3%4%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, E.D. Va.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20181,33170%4865%6%27%3%
FY20191,21174%3065%8%25%2%
FY202081371%3960%7%30%3%
FY202196873%4855%10%33%3%
FY202291978%3853%16%28%3%
FY202388483%6049%16%31%4%
FY202477778%4850%16%31%3%
FY202588480%4854%12%31%3%

← 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: Eastern District of Virginia, FY2018–FY2025.