District of New Mexico

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

People sentenced, FY2025: 2,699
Noncitizens, FY2025: 80%
Pretrial cases, FY2025: 3,152
Detained, FY2025: 91.6%

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

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 only	95%2,569	2,569
Prison and alternatives	4%101	101
Probation and alternatives	<1%2	2
Probation only	1%27	27

Alternatives are home detention, community confinement, or intermittent confinement. The median prison term was 4 months (mean 19) for the 2,670 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

Median prison term in months, FY2002 to FY2025

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
Immigration	81%2,191	2,191
Drug Trafficking	7%196	196
Firearms	3%89	89
Assault	2%51	51
Robbery	1%24	24
Murder	1%22	22
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement	1%20	20
Sex Abuse	1%18	18
Prison Offenses	1%17	17
Manslaughter	1%13	13
Administration of Justice	<1%12	12
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses	<1%10	10
Stalking/Harassing	<1%8	8
Money Launder	<1%7	7
Child Pornography	<1%6	6
Kidnapping	<1%4	4
Bribery/Corruption	<1%3	3
Tax	<1%2	2
Arson	0%1	1
Drug Possession	0%1	1
Environmental	0%1	1
Individual Rights	0%1	1
National Defense	0%1	1
Other	0%1	1

All 2,699 people sentenced, by the Commission's offense type (OFFGUIDE, by the primary guideline).

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

Offense	FY2018	FY2019*	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024*	FY2025
Immigration	3,285	3,229	2,661	827	1,392	1,318	1,173	2,191
Drug Trafficking	391	322	228	260	274	263	194	196
Firearms	78	96	85	122	191	187	119	89
Assault	32	39	34	35	23	27	39	51
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement	34	76	40	20	24	29	16	20
Robbery	15	34	28	24	36	55	22	24
Sex Abuse	14	27	21	24	38	31	32	18
Administration of Justice	22	26	16	26	21	21	8	12
Murder	5	19	11	15	8	10	22	22
Prison Offenses	8	6	10	12	7	17	12	17
Manslaughter	12	9	8	10	6	11	11	13
Money Launder	12	9	9	4	15	8	10	7
Stalking/Harassing	4	3	7	8	11	4	7	8
Child Pornography	4	9	2	4	11	8	7	6
Other	17	15	8	2	1	0	2	1
Kidnapping	2	9	6	7	3	6	7	4
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses	5	10	5	5	4	3	1	10
National Defense	2	3	3	2	4	1	3	1
Tax	1	0	2	1	1	2	5	2
Drug Possession	2	1	2	4	1	0	1	1
Arson	2	1	2	1	0	2	1	1
Individual Rights	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	1
Burglary/Trespass	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Extortion/Racketeering	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bribery/Corruption	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Environmental	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Commercialized Vice	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forgery/Counter/Copyright	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food and Drug	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
All offenses	3,950	3,951	3,192	1,415	2,075	2,006	1,696	2,699

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. citizen	20%541	541
Not a U.S. citizen	80%2,158	2,158
Citizenship not known	0%0	0

2,191 of the 2,699 were sentenced for an immigration offense.

People sentenced by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025

People sentenced by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025
Hispanic, 6 placed by CrimeDB	92%2,473	2,473
AIAN, 1 placed by CrimeDB	4%108	108
White+MENA	3%77	77
Black	1%38	38
Asian+NHPI	<1%2	2
Race unknown	0%1	1

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 2,699 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 7 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
I	64%1,713	1,713
II	18%494	494
III	10%267	267
IV	4%97	97
V	2%60	60
VI	2%66	66
Category not known	<1%2	2

All 2,699 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 range	64%1,723	1,723
Above the range	2%60	60
Below the range, government-sponsored	27%734	734
Below the range, not government-sponsored	7%180	180
Not known or not comparable	<1%2	2

All 2,699 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

Pretrial release and detention, FY2025

Which cases	Table	Cases opened	Detained	Released	Detained (%)	Released (%)
All cases	H-14	3,152	2,887	265	91.6%	8.4%
Excluding immigration cases	H-14A	892	630	262	70.6%	29.4%
Excluding illegal alien cases	H-14B	794	535	259	67.4%	32.6%

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 New Mexico, by fiscal year

Fiscal year	People sentenced	U.S. citizens	Noncitizens	Citizenship not known	Immigration offenses
FY2002	1,814	672	1,126	16	869
FY2003	2,040	701	1,327	12	1,141
FY2004	2,232	668	1,553	11	1,307
FY2005	2,575	686	1,833	56	1,635
FY2006	2,843	645	2,174	24	1,861
FY2007	2,520	533	1,959	28	1,659
FY2008	2,905	469	2,319	117	2,036
FY2009	3,427	442	2,978	7	2,630
FY2010	3,723	558	3,163	2	2,740
FY2011	3,152	631	2,519	2	2,191
FY2012	3,052	646	2,400	6	2,097
FY2013	3,822	585	3,235	2	2,974
FY2014	4,329	709	3,617	3	3,254
FY2015	4,434	667	3,767	0	3,466
FY2016	4,988	580	4,407	1	4,067
FY2017	3,794	725	3,067	2	2,865
FY2018	3,950	581	3,367	2	3,285
FY2019	3,951	668	3,278	5	3,229
FY2020	3,192	641	2,551	0	2,661
FY2021	1,415	716	698	1	827
FY2022	2,075	863	1,212	0	1,392
FY2023	2,006	823	1,183	0	1,318
FY2024	1,696	580	1,116	0	1,173
FY2025	2,699	541	2,158	0	2,191

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 New Mexico, by fiscal year

Fiscal year	People sentenced	Prison only	Prison and alternatives	Probation and alternatives	Probation only	Fine only	Type not known	Sentenced to prison	Life sentences
FY2002	1,814	1,625	59	55	61	3	11	93%	1
FY2003*	2,040	1,865	36	56	69	6	8	94%	2
FY2004	2,232	2,079	34	44	57	3	15	95%	0
FY2005*	2,575	2,433	43	31	62	0	6	96%	4
FY2006	2,843	2,709	56	34	31	1	12	98%	0
FY2007	2,520	2,411	35	27	45	1	1	97%	3
FY2008*	2,905	2,775	44	28	53	0	5	97%	2
FY2009	3,427	3,330	39	22	35	1	0	98%	0
FY2010*	3,723	3,601	45	28	49	0	0	98%	2
FY2011	3,152	2,975	94	44	39	0	0	97%	1
FY2012	3,052	2,893	77	35	45	0	2	97%	3
FY2013	3,822	3,675	76	24	47	0	0	98%	0
FY2014	4,329	4,137	95	29	67	1	0	98%	2
FY2015	4,434	4,247	100	17	69	1	0	98%	0
FY2016	4,988	4,812	97	16	63	0	0	98%	2
FY2017	3,794	3,563	158	18	55	0	0	98%	0
FY2018	3,950	3,726	175	9	40	0	0	99%	2
FY2019*	3,951	3,702	203	7	39	0	0	99%	8
FY2020	3,192	2,984	176	4	28	0	0	99%	3
FY2021	1,415	1,267	125	3	20	0	0	98%	0
FY2022	2,075	1,844	199	5	27	0	0	98%	2
FY2023	2,006	1,760	206	11	29	0	0	98%	1
FY2024*	1,696	1,521	140	4	31	0	0	98%	4
FY2025	2,699	2,569	101	2	27	0	0	99%	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 New Mexico, by fiscal year (months)

Fiscal year	Sentence, mean	Sentence, median	People sentenced	Prison term, mean	Prison term, median	Sentenced to prison
FY2002	28	15	1,803	30	18	1,684
FY2003*	28	13	2,032	30	15	1,901
FY2004	27	12	2,217	28	15	2,111
FY2005*	27	12	2,567	28	12	2,470
FY2006	23	12	2,829	24	12	2,762
FY2007	22	10	2,519	22	10	2,446
FY2008*	16	6	2,900	16	6	2,818
FY2009	14	3	3,427	14	3	3,368
FY2010*	15	4	3,723	15	4	3,645
FY2011	16	4	3,152	17	4	3,069
FY2012	17	3	3,051	18	3	2,968
FY2013	12	2	3,822	12	2	3,749
FY2014	12	2	4,329	12	2	4,231
FY2015	10	2	4,434	11	2	4,340
FY2016	9	2	4,988	9	2	4,905
FY2017	12	2	3,794	12	2	3,713
FY2018	10	2	3,950	10	2	3,901
FY2019*	14	2	3,951	14	2	3,905
FY2020	13	2	3,192	13	2	3,160
FY2021	32	15	1,414	33	15	1,391
FY2022	26	10	2,074	27	10	2,042
FY2023	29	12	2,006	29	12	1,966
FY2024*	30	10	1,696	30	10	1,661
FY2025	19	4	2,699	19	4	2,670

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 New Mexico by offense, FY2002 to FY2009

Offense	FY2002	FY2003*	FY2004	FY2005*	FY2006	FY2007	FY2008*	FY2009
Immigration	869	1,141	1,307	1,635	1,861	1,659	2,036	2,630
Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing	669	624	618	649	685	589	606	553
Firearms	69	63	86	103	116	86	75	79
Assault	34	30	33	35	41	36	33	27
Fraud	30	27	35	24	23	28	46	37
Sexual Abuse	15	35	27	29	35	27	18	17
Administration of Justice	15	14	16	16	20	25	32	18
Robbery	23	25	24	19	14	18	8	16
Larceny	15	7	12	16	4	7	7	8
Forgery/Counterfeiting	11	11	7	14	13	4	5	2
Manslaughter	4	8	8	6	5	8	6	4
Murder	5	5	9	2	6	6	3	7
Traffic Violations and Other Offenses	5	10	5	4	2	1	10	5
Pornography/Prostitution	6	9	5	2	3	2	5	3
Drugs - Communication Facilities	6	4	6	2	1	0	4	0
Drugs - Simple Possession	7	1	4	2	1	3	2	2
Embezzlement	4	4	6	1	2	2	2	1
Prison Offenses	9	4	2	3	2	1	1	0
Racketeering/Extortion	2	3	1	2	0	3	1	8
Money Laundering	1	1	3	4	5	2	0	2
Tax Offenses	1	0	3	3	1	4	2	0
Arson	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	4
Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses	0	0	3	1	1	4	1	1
Auto Theft	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0
Bribery	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1
Civil Rights Offenses	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Burglary/Breaking and Entering	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Food and Drug Offenses	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Kidnapping/Hostage Taking	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
National Defense Offenses	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Offense type not known	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
All offenses	1,814	2,040	2,232	2,575	2,843	2,520	2,905	3,427

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 New Mexico by offense, FY2010 to FY2017

Offense	FY2010*	FY2011	FY2012	FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017
Immigration	2,740	2,191	2,097	2,974	3,254	3,466	4,067	2,865
Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing	620	594	544	455	669	641	627	588
Firearms	117	130	157	122	121	100	99	125
Assault	33	34	26	36	50	54	40	50
Fraud	22	32	49	43	48	24	19	21
Administration of Justice	25	31	27	22	34	18	11	13
Sexual Abuse	24	23	26	23	24	23	14	20
Robbery	38	19	19	16	17	11	12	15
Traffic Violations and Other Offenses	11	9	20	21	23	10	21	19
Child Pornography	12	16	11	15	20	6	8	15
Larceny	16	19	9	19	13	12	6	7
Prison Offenses	10	6	19	14	9	12	15	9
Manslaughter	14	9	9	11	10	12	14	10
Murder	4	7	6	11	4	2	9	0
Drugs - Communication Facilities	3	10	2	10	7	7	3	0
Racketeering/Extortion	4	3	1	5	5	8	6	7
Drugs - Simple Possession	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	5
Embezzlement	5	4	4	3	3	7	2	2
Tax Offenses	1	4	5	7	1	4	5	1
Money Laundering	4	4	6	4	3	2	2	2
Arson	6	1	2	1	3	2	0	2
Forgery/Counterfeiting	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Food and Drug Offenses	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
Bribery	1	0	2	2	3	1	0	0
Burglary/Breaking and Entering	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	2
Kidnapping/Hostage Taking	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
Civil Rights Offenses	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
National Defense Offenses	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0
Auto Theft	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
All offenses	3,723	3,152	3,052	3,822	4,329	4,434	4,988	3,794

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 New Mexico by offense, FY2025

Offense	People sentenced	Share
Immigration	2,191	81%
Drug Trafficking	196	7%
Firearms	89	3%
Assault	51	2%
Robbery	24	1%
Murder	22	1%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement	20	1%
Sex Abuse	18	1%
Prison Offenses	17	1%
Manslaughter	13	1%
Administration of Justice	12	<1%
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses	10	<1%
Stalking/Harassing	8	<1%
Money Launder	7	<1%
Child Pornography	6	<1%
Kidnapping	4	<1%
Bribery/Corruption	3	<1%
Tax	2	<1%
Arson	1	0%
Drug Possession	1	0%
Environmental	1	0%
Individual Rights	1	0%
National Defense	1	0%
Other	1	0%

All 2,699 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 New Mexico by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025

Race and Hispanic origin	People sentenced	Of which placed by CrimeDB	Share
Hispanic	2,473	6	92%
AIAN	108	1	4%
White+MENA	77	0	3%
Black	38	0	1%
Asian+NHPI	2	0	<1%
Race unknown	1	0	0%

All 2,699 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 7 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 New Mexico by criminal history category, FY2025

Criminal history category	People sentenced	Share
I	1,713	64%
II	494	18%
III	267	10%
IV	97	4%
V	60	2%
VI	66	2%
Category not known	2	<1%

All 2,699 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 New Mexico against the guideline range, FY2025

Against the guideline range	People sentenced	Share
Within the range	1,723	64%
Above the range	60	2%
Below the range, government-sponsored	734	27%
Below the range, not government-sponsored	180	7%
Not known or not comparable	2	<1%

All 2,699 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 New Mexico, all cases (Table H-14)

Fiscal year	Cases opened	Detained	Released	Detained (%)	Released (%)
FY2006	4,136	3,587	549	86.7%	13.3%
FY2007	2,989	2,311	678	77.3%	22.7%
FY2008	3,288	2,824	464	85.9%	14.1%
FY2009	3,995	3,535	460	88.5%	11.5%
FY2010	3,803	3,312	491	87.1%	12.9%
FY2011	3,538	3,010	528	85.1%	14.9%
FY2012	3,249	2,816	433	86.7%	13.3%
FY2013	4,326	3,865	461	89.3%	10.7%
FY2014	4,533	4,125	408	91.0%	9.0%
FY2015	4,725	4,317	408	91.4%	8.6%
FY2016	5,363	4,864	499	90.7%	9.3%
FY2017	3,758	3,325	433	88.5%	11.5%
FY2018	4,382	3,910	472	89.2%	10.8%
FY2019	4,657	4,112	545	88.3%	11.7%
FY2020	3,069	2,559	510	83.4%	16.6%
FY2021	2,118	1,589	529	75.0%	25.0%
FY2022	2,217	1,824	393	82.3%	17.7%
FY2023	1,990	1,631	359	82.0%	18.0%
FY2024	1,964	1,665	299	84.8%	15.2%
FY2025	3,152	2,887	265	91.6%	8.4%

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

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

Fiscal year	Cases opened	Detained	Released	Detained (%)	Released (%)
FY2006	1,288	822	466	63.8%	36.2%
FY2007	1,504	829	675	55.1%	44.9%
FY2008	1,482	1,021	461	68.9%	31.1%
FY2009	1,535	1,080	455	70.4%	29.6%
FY2010	1,541	1,056	485	68.5%	31.5%
FY2011	1,512	985	527	65.1%	34.9%
FY2012	1,264	832	432	65.8%	34.2%
FY2013	1,327	867	460	65.3%	34.7%
FY2014	1,254	847	407	67.5%	32.5%
FY2015	1,159	752	407	64.9%	35.1%
FY2016	1,444	946	498	65.5%	34.5%
FY2017	1,057	627	430	59.3%	40.7%
FY2018	1,074	621	453	57.8%	42.2%
FY2019	1,300	763	537	58.7%	41.3%
FY2020	1,149	648	501	56.4%	43.6%
FY2021	1,347	823	524	61.1%	38.9%
FY2022	1,174	787	387	67.0%	33.0%
FY2023	1,025	675	350	65.9%	34.1%
FY2024	938	642	296	68.4%	31.6%
FY2025	892	630	262	70.6%	29.4%

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

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

Fiscal year	Cases opened	Detained	Released	Detained (%)	Released (%)
FY2022	876	592	284	67.6%	32.4%
FY2023	856	503	353	58.8%	41.2%
FY2024	829	538	291	64.9%	35.1%
FY2025	794	535	259	67.4%	32.6%

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