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M.D.N.C. · fiscal year 20251 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025

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Middle District of North Carolina, fiscal year 2025

M.D.N.C. · Fourth 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), 312 sentenced cases in the Middle District of North Carolina appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2024 had 61,678.

The median prison term was 79 months (6 yr 7 mo); 93% of cases carried a prison term. 52% of sentences were within the guideline range, 17% below it on a government motion, 22% below it for other reasons and 10% above it.

312cases sentencedFY2024: 283
79median prison monthsnational FY2025: 24
52%within guideline rangenational 52%
93%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2025

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Firearms13844.2%—6062%—15%
Drug Trafficking8928.5%—10137%28%34%
Robbery227.1%100%9873%0%—
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement134.2%————0%
Immigration113.5%100%12—0%—
9 other offence types, pooled3912.5%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2025 compared

MeasureM.D.N.C.4th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced3124,18366,662
Median prison months795724
Cases with a prison term93%84%92%
Within guideline range52%47%52%
Below range, government sponsored17%23%25%
Below range, other22%27%19%
Above range10%4%5%

§ 3All fiscal years, M.D.N.C.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201840392%5359%12%22%7%
FY201949092%6055%15%25%6%
FY202040489%6056%13%28%4%
FY202136589%6548%18%28%7%
FY202240395%6651%19%23%8%
FY202332691%7142%14%30%14%
FY202428390%7646%17%29%8%
FY202531293%7952%17%22%10%

← 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: Middle District of North Carolina, FY2018–FY2025.