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District of Arizona

A U.S. district court in the Ninth Circuit, in Arizona. Its figures are federal cases and are never added to Arizona's.

People sentenced, FY2025
4,134
Noncitizens, FY2025
64%
Pretrial cases, FY2025
9,206
Detained, FY2025
89.5%

Federal sentences

People sentenced in this court under the federal guidelines, by federal fiscal year (October to September), counted by CrimeDB from the Sentencing Commission's records. Dashed lines mark changes in federal sentencing law.

People sentenced, FY2002 to FY2025

people sentenced each year, from U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB
  • FY2003: PROTECT Act, April 30, 2003: appeals courts review departures from the guidelines anew, and the Commission must cut downward departures.
  • FY2005: United States v. Booker, January 12, 2005: the guidelines become advisory, so FY2005 holds sentences from before and after.
  • FY2008: Gall and Kimbrough, December 10, 2007: judges may sentence outside the range with less reason given, including over the crack to powder ratio.
  • FY2010: Fair Sentencing Act, August 3, 2010: crack cocaine thresholds rise and the crack to powder ratio falls from 100 to 1 to about 18 to 1.
  • FY2019: First Step Act, December 21, 2018: a wider safety valve, no more stacked gun counts, and the crack changes made retroactive.
  • FY2024: Guideline amendments of November 1, 2023: fewer criminal history points for offenses committed under supervision, and a lower range for people with none.

Sentence type and length, FY2025

Share of people sentenced
Prison only89%3,685
Prison and alternatives2%85
Probation and alternatives<1%14
Probation only8%350

Alternatives are home detention, community confinement, or intermittent confinement. The median prison term was 8 months (mean 17) for the 3,770 sentenced to prison, 3 of them to life; life and anything over 470 months count as 470, as the Commission counts them.

Percent sentenced to prison, FY2002 to FY2025

percent sentenced to prison each year, from U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB

Median prison term in months, FY2002 to FY2025

months, median each year, from U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB
  • FY2018: From FY2018 the Commission counts a sentence of time served with no amount given as one day of prison; before, it left those out of the prison term. Counted that way, FY2017's national median prison term would be 24 months, not 27.

People sentenced by offense, FY2025

Share of people sentenced
Immigration73%3,014
Drug Trafficking12%494
Firearms4%179
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement2%77
Assault2%73
Money Launder1%53
National Defense1%51
Administration of Justice1%33
Sex Abuse1%28
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses1%21
Murder<1%15
Child Pornography<1%14
Manslaughter<1%14
Stalking/Harassing<1%13
Other<1%10
Prison Offenses<1%10
Robbery<1%10
Drug Possession<1%9
Tax<1%7
Arson0%2
Environmental0%2
Forgery/Counter/Copyright0%2
Bribery/Corruption0%1
Burglary/Trespass0%1
Individual Rights0%1

All 4,134 people sentenced, by the Commission's offense type (OFFGUIDE, by the primary guideline).

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by offense, FY2018 to FY2025

OffenseFY2018FY2019*FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024*FY2025
Immigration2,5613,7753,5233,3263,3913,6882,7963,014
Drug Trafficking786732392581509448492494
Firearms125161748084172201179
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement28422913546911036877
Assault129146908768755973
Drug Possession35218414710101029
Administration of Justice6961492446394333
Money Launder5648192431403753
National Defense4016134435574951
Sex Abuse3551243331352828
Child Pornography3540171921131114
Prison Offenses3124181321251910
Robbery3223111121171010
Manslaughter252491220171114
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses101592317101821
Murder131710318201315
Other18109714162410
Stalking/Harassing91435661013
Tax411679627
Kidnapping75141500
Burglary/Trespass68023111
Arson22030172
Commercialized Vice56113000
Bribery/Corruption21140321
Forgery/Counter/Copyright46000102
Individual Rights11312201
Environmental30101212
Extortion/Racketeering30111000
Food and Drug20000000
All offenses4,6495,6104,5664,3714,4544,8123,9044,134

By the Commission's offense type for these years (OFFGUIDE, by the primary guideline). Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

* A change in federal sentencing law took effect in this fiscal year (listed under the timeline).

Earlier years, under the Commission's older offense types, are in the tables at the foot of the page.

People sentenced by citizenship, FY2025

Share of people sentenced
U.S. citizen34%1,395
Not a U.S. citizen64%2,660
Citizenship not known2%79

3,014 of the 4,134 were sentenced for an immigration offense.

People sentenced by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025

People sentenced by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025
Hispanic, 7 placed by CrimeDB83%3,434
White+MENAMiddle Eastern or North African, 1 placed by CrimeDB7%287
AIANAmerican Indian or Alaska Native, 1 placed by CrimeDB4%158
Black, 2 placed by CrimeDB4%152
Asian+NHPINative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander<1%12
Race unknown2%91
  • Race and Hispanic origin as each person told the probation officer
  • Race recorded without ethnicity: split by the source's own recorded Hispanic share of each race

All 4,134 people sentenced. Race and Hispanic origin as each person told the probation officer. Hispanic is of any race; the other groups are not Hispanic. White+MENA includes Middle Eastern and North African people. USSC recorded a race and no Hispanic origin for 11 people in FY2025: each keeps that race, and CrimeDB placed only their Hispanic origin, the lighter part.

People sentenced by criminal history category, FY2025

People sentenced by criminal history category, FY2025
I46%1,916
II23%937
III17%708
IV5%207
V4%152
VI2%89
Category not known3%125

All 4,134 people sentenced. By the category the court found, I (least) to VI (most), from points for prior sentences under the guidelines.

Sentences against the guideline range, FY2025

Sentences against the guideline range, FY2025
Within the range36%1,485
Above the range1%25
Below the range, government-sponsored53%2,202
Below the range, not government-sponsored7%293
Not known or not comparable3%129

All 4,134 people sentenced. In the Commission's four groups. Government-sponsored: the prosecutor moved for it, for substantial assistance, early disposition, or another reason.

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

Pretrial release and detention

Defendants whose pretrial services case opened in the fiscal year, and the percent detained and never released before trial, as U.S. Courts prints them. Table H-14 counts every case, H-14A leaves out immigration cases, and H-14B, from FY2022, leaves out the cases U.S. Courts classes as illegal alien cases.

Percent detained, all cases (H-14), FY2006 to FY2025

percent detained each year, from U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B

Pretrial release and detention, FY2025

Which casesTableCases openedDetainedReleasedDetained (%)Released (%)
All casesH-149,2068,23896889.5%10.5%
Excluding immigration casesH-14A2,2971,33696158.2%41.8%
Excluding illegal alien casesH-14B1,72977595444.8%55.2%

Detained: detained and never released before trial, as U.S. Courts prints it.

Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B.

Every figure as a table

People sentenced in the District of Arizona, by fiscal year

Fiscal yearPeople sentencedU.S. citizensNoncitizensCitizenship not knownImmigration offenses
FY20023,4761,1432,317161,774
FY20034,5761,3693,150572,433
FY20044,7131,2703,0404032,409
FY20054,5211,2393,0212612,275
FY20064,3081,0703,0701682,193
FY20074,7211,0913,3672632,522
FY20083,8699192,871792,239
FY20094,7849513,7211122,683
FY20106,7921,2375,3831723,551
FY20119,3621,4097,8311225,512
FY20128,9191,4757,2701744,458
FY20136,9031,3535,3591912,919
FY20146,5991,3505,229202,720
FY20156,1541,3414,775382,466
FY20165,7691,3444,41782,461
FY20175,4471,4633,955292,637
FY20184,6491,3923,245122,561
FY20195,6101,5864,012123,775
FY20204,5661,0003,56153,523
FY20214,3711,1923,17453,326
FY20224,4541,6152,83633,391
FY20234,8121,8232,977123,688
FY20243,9041,4592,429162,796
FY20254,1341,3952,660793,014

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

Immigration offenses are the Commission's offense type for the year (OFFTYPE2 to FY2009, OFFTYPSB to FY2017, OFFGUIDE from FY2018).

Sentence type in the District of Arizona, by fiscal year

Fiscal yearPeople sentencedPrison onlyPrison and alternativesProbation and alternativesProbation onlyFine onlyType not knownSentenced to prisonLife sentences
FY20023,4763,062297429031889%1
FY2003*4,5764,1633785257191592%5
FY20044,7134,270437929920292%4
FY2005*4,5214,126537325811092%6
FY20064,3084,03737471788195%6
FY20074,7214,43158531697395%4
FY2008*3,8693,61438341767094%6
FY20094,7844,56943321382096%1
FY2010*6,7926,49145472063096%2
FY20119,3629,03767352185097%3
FY20128,9198,573605022310397%3
FY20136,9036,61946342004097%2
FY20146,5996,31120342321196%1
FY20156,1545,86830282206296%2
FY20165,7695,42237432661095%3
FY20175,4475,09644402652094%1
FY20184,6494,21897522820093%1
FY2019*5,6105,124119453184093%5
FY20204,5664,22792212242095%3
FY20214,3713,976123152561094%1
FY20224,4543,915152213615091%1
FY20234,8124,207127154612090%2
FY2024*3,9043,45076163593090%3
FY20254,1343,68585143500091%3

USSC's sentence types (SENTIMP). Alternatives are home detention, community confinement, or intermittent confinement. Sentenced to prison: prison only, or prison and alternatives, of those whose type is known.

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

* A change in federal sentencing law took effect in this fiscal year (listed under the timeline).

Sentence length in the District of Arizona, by fiscal year (months)

Fiscal yearSentence, meanSentence, medianPeople sentencedPrison term, meanPrison term, medianSentenced to prison
FY200226183,45929243,085
FY2003*25184,56127214,195
FY200425164,71028214,228
FY2005*28204,52030244,126
FY200631244,30633244,034
FY200728184,71829214,461
FY2008*32243,86934243,634
FY200925154,78426184,592
FY2010*21136,79222136,482
FY201119139,36220139,064
FY201220138,91720138,582
FY201321106,90322126,623
FY20141986,5992096,275
FY20151786,1541895,812
FY20161795,76918105,395
FY201717105,44619105,043
FY201818104,64920124,315
FY2019*1785,61019105,243
FY20201364,5661364,319
FY20211584,3711684,099
FY20221684,4541794,067
FY20231584,8121794,334
FY2024*1683,9041793,526
FY20251664,1341783,770

Sentence: prison and alternative confinement, with probation and fines as zero (USSC's sentence length). Prison term: prison alone, for those sentenced to prison (USSC's length of imprisonment). Life and anything over 470 months count as 470, as USSC counts them.

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

* A change in federal sentencing law took effect in this fiscal year (listed under the timeline).

FY2018: From FY2018 the Commission counts a sentence of time served with no amount given as one day of prison; before, it left those out of the prison term. Counted that way, FY2017's national median prison term would be 24 months, not 27.

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by offense, FY2002 to FY2009

OffenseFY2002FY2003*FY2004FY2005*FY2006FY2007FY2008*FY2009
Immigration1,7742,4332,4092,2752,1932,5222,2392,683
Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing1,0129698919471,285929838849
Drugs - Simple Possession42443559378485212158
Fraud70821091408949584517
Firearms100145184226242220200174
Assault586611599998911682
Larceny1371101117255666752
Administration of Justice5960346952383241
Traffic Violations and Other Offenses1633623761488333
Money Laundering5154533420271732
Sexual Abuse2730356824222518
Prison Offenses1323272917202539
Robbery1926221817241922
Forgery/Counterfeiting13181525934146
Murder161616221714226
Manslaughter2211141412191413
Pornography/Prostitution9371416172125
Tax Offenses1081015111249
Bribery5207536132
Embezzlement24745797
Kidnapping/Hostage Taking5110103434
Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses281641112
Racketeering/Extortion25113581
Drugs - Communication Facilities52415304
Burglary/Breaking and Entering11535203
Arson13441301
Auto Theft11006000
Food and Drug Offenses00410101
National Defense Offenses10023010
Civil Rights Offenses01100000
Gambling/Lottery01000010
Antitrust Violations00000010
Offense type not known317301100
All offenses3,4764,5764,7134,5214,3084,7213,8694,784

By the Commission's offense type for these years (OFFTYPE2). Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

* A change in federal sentencing law took effect in this fiscal year (listed under the timeline).

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by offense, FY2010 to FY2017

OffenseFY2010*FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017
Immigration3,5515,5124,4582,9192,7202,4662,4612,637
Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing1,3282,0882,3641,1911,0631,0911,1001,140
Drugs - Simple Possession5233369291,8991,9411,7881,452847
Fraud771785419227218249145147
Firearms162150220182192107105141
Assault8010011794117120152156
Administration of Justice4757805955474354
Traffic Violations and Other Offenses3147615746485158
Money Laundering4843612737333725
Prison Offenses4131294224425144
Sexual Abuse2523323440405140
Larceny4051303428172221
Child Pornography3530181722172131
Robbery2717192614231513
Manslaughter1918121616121819
Murder1210812971215
Tax Offenses14875111388
National Defense Offenses37129821014
Embezzlement10410128539
Forgery/Counterfeiting4861211724
Kidnapping/Hostage Taking110641432
Racketeering/Extortion145112112
Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses57034232
Burglary/Breaking and Entering28513201
Food and Drug Offenses410300212
Arson03244411
Bribery71011201
Drugs - Communication Facilities01111502
Civil Rights Offenses12103000
Gambling/Lottery00700000
Auto Theft00010001
All offenses6,7929,3628,9196,9036,5996,1545,7695,447

By the Commission's offense type for these years (OFFTYPSB). Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

* A change in federal sentencing law took effect in this fiscal year (listed under the timeline).

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by offense, FY2025

OffensePeople sentencedShare
Immigration3,01473%
Drug Trafficking49412%
Firearms1794%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement772%
Assault732%
Money Launder531%
National Defense511%
Administration of Justice331%
Sex Abuse281%
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses211%
Murder15<1%
Child Pornography14<1%
Manslaughter14<1%
Stalking/Harassing13<1%
Other10<1%
Prison Offenses10<1%
Robbery10<1%
Drug Possession9<1%
Tax7<1%
Arson20%
Environmental20%
Forgery/Counter/Copyright20%
Bribery/Corruption10%
Burglary/Trespass10%
Individual Rights10%

All 4,134 people sentenced, by the Commission's offense type (OFFGUIDE, by the primary guideline). Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025

Race and Hispanic originPeople sentencedOf which placed by CrimeDBShare
Hispanic3,434783%
White+MENA28717%
AIAN15814%
Black15224%
Asian+NHPI120<1%
Race unknown9102%

All 4,134 people sentenced.

Hispanic is of any race; the other groups are not Hispanic. White+MENA includes Middle Eastern and North African people.

USSC recorded a race and no Hispanic origin for 11 people in FY2025: each keeps that race, and CrimeDB placed only their Hispanic origin, the lighter part.

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

Of which placed by CrimeDB: the part of each group CrimeDB placed (race recorded without ethnicity: split by the source's own recorded Hispanic share of each race); the rest of each group is as USSC recorded it.

People sentenced in the District of Arizona by criminal history category, FY2025

Criminal history categoryPeople sentencedShare
I1,91646%
II93723%
III70817%
IV2075%
V1524%
VI892%
Category not known1253%

All 4,134 people sentenced.

The category the court found (XCRHISSR), I (least) to VI (most).

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

Sentences in the District of Arizona against the guideline range, FY2025

Against the guideline rangePeople sentencedShare
Within the range1,48536%
Above the range251%
Below the range, government-sponsored2,20253%
Below the range, not government-sponsored2937%
Not known or not comparable1293%

All 4,134 people sentenced.

The Commission's four groups (SENTRNGE collapsed as its Sourcebook does).

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, individual offender datafiles, counted by CrimeDB.

Pretrial release and detention in the District of Arizona, all cases (Table H-14)

Fiscal yearCases openedDetainedReleasedDetained (%)Released (%)
FY20067,8156,93787888.8%11.2%
FY20079,7268,97774992.3%7.7%
FY20087,2466,51972790.0%10.0%
FY200912,89911,97792292.9%7.1%
FY201018,11216,9791,13393.7%6.3%
FY201121,44420,2021,24294.2%5.8%
FY201221,48520,51796895.5%4.5%
FY201322,42921,46396695.7%4.3%
FY201423,34922,3331,01695.6%4.4%
FY201520,10419,12398195.1%4.9%
FY201617,08115,9401,14193.3%6.7%
FY201713,82212,7851,03792.5%7.5%
FY201815,40714,2771,13092.7%7.3%
FY201916,34915,1541,19592.7%7.3%
FY20209,0308,17385790.5%9.5%
FY20214,5243,4611,06376.5%23.5%
FY20228,0376,7201,31783.6%16.4%
FY20238,3597,1521,20785.6%14.4%
FY202411,0179,8011,21689.0%11.0%
FY20259,2068,23896889.5%10.5%

Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.

Pretrial release and detention in the District of Arizona, excluding immigration cases (Table H-14A)

Fiscal yearCases openedDetainedReleasedDetained (%)Released (%)
FY20063,2472,37187673.0%27.0%
FY20073,5652,81874779.0%21.0%
FY20082,1771,45172666.7%33.3%
FY20093,8132,89392075.9%24.1%
FY20104,7473,6171,13076.2%23.8%
FY20115,9474,7091,23879.2%20.8%
FY20124,4723,50496878.4%21.6%
FY20134,7723,81296079.9%20.1%
FY20144,6643,6561,00878.4%21.6%
FY20154,4953,52197478.3%21.7%
FY20164,3573,2211,13673.9%26.1%
FY20173,2712,2451,02668.6%31.4%
FY20183,1051,9961,10964.3%35.7%
FY20192,9041,7181,18659.2%40.8%
FY20201,9191,08383656.4%43.6%
FY20211,8497931,05642.9%57.1%
FY20222,4771,1741,30347.4%52.6%
FY20232,5241,3271,19752.6%47.4%
FY20242,6191,4101,20953.8%46.2%
FY20252,2971,33696158.2%41.8%

Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.

Pretrial release and detention in the District of Arizona, excluding illegal alien cases (Table H-14B)

Fiscal yearCases openedDetainedReleasedDetained (%)Released (%)
FY20222,2789691,30942.5%57.5%
FY20232,1859871,19845.2%54.8%
FY20242,0988921,20642.5%57.5%
FY20251,72977595444.8%55.2%

Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.