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N.D. Ind. · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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Northern District of Indiana, fiscal year 2021

N.D. Ind. · Seventh Circuit · FY2021 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 2021 (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 342 sentenced cases in the Northern District of Indiana appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 51 months (4 yr 3 mo); 91% of cases carried a prison term. 52% of sentences were within the guideline range, 18% below it on a government motion, 28% below it for other reasons and — above it.

342cases sentencedFY2020: 316
51median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
52%within guideline rangenational 43%
91%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Firearms14141.2%93%3760%7%29%
Drug Trafficking10631.0%—7541%31%27%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement339.6%55%2458%—36%
Robbery154.4%100%10273%——
Sex Abuse102.9%100%225———
11 other offence types, pooled3710.8%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureN.D. Ind.7th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced3422,22257,287
Median prison months515729
Cases with a prison term91%92%91%
Within guideline range52%39%43%
Below range, government sponsored18%20%32%
Below range, other28%39%23%
Above range—3%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, N.D. Ind.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201837387%5245%31%22%—
FY201936083%4442%26%30%3%
FY202031692%5144%28%27%—
FY202134291%5152%18%28%—
FY202232785%5950%21%27%3%
FY202326289%6348%20%29%—
FY202423689%7046%20%31%—
FY202527989%6052%17%28%—

← FY2020FY2022 →

§ 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 2021 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Northern District of Indiana, FY2018–FY2025.