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

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Northern District of Ohio, fiscal year 2021

N.D. Ohio · Sixth 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), 819 sentenced cases in the Northern District of Ohio appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 46 months (3 yr 10 mo); 88% of cases carried a prison term. 41% of sentences were within the guideline range, 27% below it on a government motion, 30% below it for other reasons and 2% above it.

819cases sentencedFY2020: 787
46median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
41%within guideline rangenational 43%
88%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking36844.9%93%6035%40%24%
Firearms23228.3%—3747%13%38%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement617.4%53%2448%—36%
Immigration323.9%—490%——
Robbery242.9%100%76———
Child Pornography192.3%100%108———
Money Launder121.5%—————
Sex Abuse101.2%100%162———
16 other offence types, pooled617.4%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureN.D. Ohio6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced8194,00857,287
Median prison months465729
Cases with a prison term88%91%91%
Within guideline range41%40%43%
Below range, government sponsored27%32%32%
Below range, other30%26%23%
Above range2%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%

← 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 Ohio, FY2018–FY2025.