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W.D. Mo. · fiscal year 20251 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025

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Western District of Missouri, fiscal year 2025

W.D. Mo. · Eighth 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), 668 sentenced cases in the Western District of Missouri appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2024 had 61,678.

The median prison term was 78 months (6 yr 6 mo); 90% of cases carried a prison term. 36% of sentences were within the guideline range, 28% below it on a government motion, 27% below it for other reasons and 9% above it.

668cases sentencedFY2024: 783
78median prison monthsnational FY2025: 24
36%within guideline rangenational 52%
90%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2025

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking25137.6%94%11320%43%33%
Firearms18828.1%—6054%9%18%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement507.5%54%1650%—32%
Child Pornography406.0%100%11425%28%43%
Money Launder314.6%—84—65%—
Immigration284.2%—1282%0%—
Sex Abuse233.4%100%270—48%—
Administration of Justice131.9%—————
14 other offence types, pooled446.6%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2025 compared

MeasureW.D. Mo.8th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced6684,61166,662
Median prison months786024
Cases with a prison term90%94%92%
Within guideline range36%44%52%
Below range, government sponsored28%24%25%
Below range, other27%26%19%
Above range9%6%5%

§ 3All fiscal years, W.D. Mo.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201877990%6637%27%30%6%
FY201977293%7039%24%29%8%
FY202069792%7041%21%30%8%
FY202158291%7239%18%34%8%
FY202281093%7237%26%31%7%
FY202384191%8433%30%30%7%
FY202478388%8437%29%27%7%
FY202566890%7836%28%27%9%

← 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: Western District of Missouri, FY2018–FY2025.