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N.D. Ohio · fiscal year 20181 Oct 2017 – 30 Sep 2018

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Northern District of Ohio, fiscal year 2018

N.D. Ohio · Sixth Circuit · FY2018 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 2018 (1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018), 716 sentenced cases in the Northern District of Ohio appear in the Commission's datafile.

The median prison term was 41 months (3 yr 5 mo); 91% of cases carried a prison term. 44% of sentences were within the guideline range, 29% below it on a government motion, 24% below it for other reasons and 3% above it.

716cases sentenced
41median prison monthsnational FY2018: 24
44%within guideline rangenational 51%
91%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2018

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking22130.9%—6032%48%17%
Firearms13418.7%—4955%10%30%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement10214.2%70%2442%31%26%
Immigration8612.0%—490%——
Money Launder638.8%—2718%44%37%
Child Pornography354.9%100%9631%—46%
Robbery253.5%100%8752%——
Tax121.7%—————
Sex Abuse101.4%100%220—0%—
10 other offence types, pooled283.9%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2018 compared

MeasureN.D. Ohio6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced7164,69969,425
Median prison months414624
Cases with a prison term91%91%91%
Within guideline range44%45%51%
Below range, government sponsored29%29%27%
Below range, other24%25%20%
Above range3%2%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, N.D. Ohio

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201871691%4144%29%24%3%
FY201990193%4150%25%22%4%
FY202078786%4248%25%25%3%
FY202181988%4641%27%30%2%
FY20221,14192%4642%28%25%4%
FY202388091%4839%31%28%2%
FY202482992%5438%35%25%2%
FY202566290%5138%29%30%2%

FY2019 →

§ 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 2018 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 Ohio, FY2018–FY2025.