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N.D. Ohio · fiscal year 20241 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024

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Northern District of Ohio, fiscal year 2024

N.D. Ohio · Sixth Circuit · FY2024 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 2024 (1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024), 829 sentenced cases in the Northern District of Ohio appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2023 had 64,124.

The median prison term was 54 months (4 yr 6 mo); 92% of cases carried a prison term. 38% of sentences were within the guideline range, 35% below it on a government motion, 25% below it for other reasons and 2% above it.

829cases sentencedFY2023: 880
54median prison monthsnational FY2024: 30
38%within guideline rangenational 46%
92%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2024

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking39347.4%96%6526%49%23%
Firearms16419.8%91%4248%17%32%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement9311.2%77%1850%34%16%
Immigration364.3%—689%—0%
Child Pornography354.2%100%12051%—40%
Robbery313.7%100%8445%—36%
Tax172.1%—12———
Money Launder131.6%—94———
Sex Abuse121.4%100%195———
13 other offence types, pooled354.2%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2024 compared

MeasureN.D. Ohio6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced8294,33061,678
Median prison months546030
Cases with a prison term92%93%92%
Within guideline range38%36%46%
Below range, government sponsored35%34%29%
Below range, other25%28%21%
Above range2%2%4%

§ 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%

← FY2023FY2025 →

§ 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 2024 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.