Southern District of California
A U.S. district court in the Ninth Circuit, in California. Its figures are federal cases and are never added to California's.
- People sentenced, FY2025
- 2,661
- Noncitizens, FY2025
- 53%
- Pretrial cases, FY2025
- 6,132
- Detained, FY2025
- 82.0%
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
| Prison only | 90%2,402 | 2,402 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prison and alternatives | 5%134 | 134 | |
| Probation and alternatives | 1%35 | 35 | |
| Probation only | 3%90 | 90 |
Alternatives are home detention, community confinement, or intermittent confinement. The median prison term was 9 months (mean 19) for the 2,536 sentenced to prison, 1 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
| Immigration | 52%1,388 | 1,388 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 33%881 | 881 | |
| Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement | 4%113 | 113 | |
| Money Launder | 4%99 | 99 | |
| Firearms | 2%50 | 50 | |
| Child Pornography | 1%22 | 22 | |
| Prison Offenses | 1%22 | 22 | |
| Administration of Justice | 1%14 | 14 | |
| Other | 1%12 | 12 | |
| Drug Possession | <1%10 | 10 | |
| Environmental | <1%10 | 10 | |
| Assault | <1%5 | 5 | |
| Murder | <1%5 | 5 | |
| Tax | <1%5 | 5 | |
| Robbery | <1%4 | 4 | |
| Sex Abuse | <1%4 | 4 | |
| Stalking/Harassing | <1%4 | 4 | |
| Bribery/Corruption | <1%3 | 3 | |
| Food and Drug | <1%3 | 3 | |
| Forgery/Counter/Copyright | <1%2 | 2 | |
| Kidnapping | <1%2 | 2 | |
| Arson | 0%1 | 1 | |
| Individual Rights | 0%1 | 1 | |
| National Defense | 0%1 | 1 |
All 2,661 people sentenced, by the Commission's offense type (OFFGUIDE, by the primary guideline).
People sentenced in the Southern District of California by offense, FY2018 to FY2025
| Offense | FY2018 | FY2019* | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024* | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 2,146 | 2,451 | 1,827 | 726 | 1,103 | 1,261 | 1,081 | 1,388 |
| Drug Trafficking | 1,392 | 1,283 | 1,323 | 1,761 | 1,827 | 1,491 | 1,103 | 881 |
| Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement | 94 | 99 | 99 | 134 | 176 | 129 | 136 | 113 |
| Money Launder | 35 | 82 | 64 | 87 | 102 | 88 | 119 | 99 |
| Firearms | 47 | 30 | 34 | 48 | 59 | 60 | 44 | 50 |
| Prison Offenses | 29 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 22 |
| Administration of Justice | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 26 | 14 |
| Child Pornography | 33 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 22 |
| Environmental | 13 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Assault | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Drug Possession | 10 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Robbery | 11 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Sex Abuse | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 4 |
| Other | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Tax | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Bribery/Corruption | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Commercialized Vice | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Individual Rights | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Extortion/Racketeering | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forgery/Counter/Copyright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Stalking/Harassing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| National Defense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kidnapping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Murder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Food and Drug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary/Trespass | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Manslaughter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All offenses | 3,889 | 4,089 | 3,499 | 2,927 | 3,474 | 3,189 | 2,634 | 2,661 |
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
| U.S. citizen | 46%1,233 | 1,233 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not a U.S. citizen | 53%1,419 | 1,419 | |
| Citizenship not known | <1%9 | 9 |
1,388 of the 2,661 were sentenced for an immigration offense.
People sentenced by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025
| Hispanic, 18 placed by CrimeDB | 89%2,379 | 2,379 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White+MENAMiddle Eastern or North African, 1 placed by CrimeDB | 7%178 | 178 | |
| Black | 2%63 | 63 | |
| Asian+NHPINative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1%23 | 23 | |
| AIANAmerican Indian or Alaska Native | 0%1 | 1 | |
| Race unknown | 1%17 | 17 |
- 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 2,661 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 19 people in FY2025: each keeps that race, and CrimeDB placed only their Hispanic origin, the lighter part.
People sentenced by criminal history category, FY2025
| I | 60%1,600 | 1,600 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| II | 17%448 | 448 | |
| III | 11%282 | 282 | |
| IV | 4%109 | 109 | |
| V | 3%71 | 71 | |
| VI | 5%140 | 140 | |
| Category not known | <1%11 | 11 |
All 2,661 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
| Within the range | 27%726 | 726 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above the range | 1%19 | 19 | |
| Below the range, government-sponsored | 68%1,810 | 1,810 | |
| Below the range, not government-sponsored | 4%93 | 93 | |
| Not known or not comparable | 1%13 | 13 |
All 2,661 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 | 6,132 | 5,026 | 1,106 | 82.0% | 18.0% |
| Excluding immigration cases | H-14A | 3,325 | 2,242 | 1,083 | 67.4% | 32.6% |
| Excluding illegal alien cases | H-14B | 1,654 | 690 | 964 | 41.7% | 58.3% |
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 Southern District of California, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | People sentenced | U.S. citizens | Noncitizens | Citizenship not known | Immigration offenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2002 | 3,902 | 1,137 | 2,407 | 358 | 1,633 |
| FY2003 | 3,806 | 921 | 2,544 | 341 | 2,046 |
| FY2004 | 3,427 | 800 | 2,190 | 437 | 2,054 |
| FY2005 | 2,537 | 814 | 1,611 | 112 | 1,413 |
| FY2006 | 2,639 | 1,019 | 1,539 | 81 | 1,411 |
| FY2007 | 3,248 | 1,172 | 1,892 | 184 | 1,835 |
| FY2008 | 3,822 | 1,034 | 2,551 | 237 | 2,350 |
| FY2009 | 4,838 | 1,293 | 3,322 | 223 | 2,978 |
| FY2010 | 4,586 | 1,111 | 3,313 | 162 | 3,054 |
| FY2011 | 4,835 | 1,304 | 3,344 | 187 | 3,163 |
| FY2012 | 5,309 | 1,646 | 3,364 | 299 | 3,075 |
| FY2013 | 4,905 | 1,557 | 3,187 | 161 | 2,862 |
| FY2014 | 3,915 | 1,487 | 2,393 | 35 | 1,926 |
| FY2015 | 3,391 | 1,288 | 2,080 | 23 | 1,795 |
| FY2016 | 2,849 | 1,339 | 1,496 | 14 | 1,253 |
| FY2017 | 2,888 | 1,285 | 1,591 | 12 | 1,476 |
| FY2018 | 3,889 | 1,658 | 2,211 | 20 | 2,146 |
| FY2019 | 4,089 | 1,617 | 2,459 | 13 | 2,451 |
| FY2020 | 3,499 | 1,563 | 1,923 | 13 | 1,827 |
| FY2021 | 2,927 | 2,054 | 857 | 16 | 726 |
| FY2022 | 3,474 | 2,234 | 1,224 | 16 | 1,103 |
| FY2023 | 3,189 | 1,877 | 1,284 | 28 | 1,261 |
| FY2024 | 2,634 | 1,509 | 1,113 | 12 | 1,081 |
| FY2025 | 2,661 | 1,233 | 1,419 | 9 | 1,388 |
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 Southern District of California, 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 | 3,902 | 3,499 | 128 | 46 | 124 | 20 | 85 | 95% | 0 |
| FY2003* | 3,806 | 3,568 | 67 | 40 | 68 | 35 | 28 | 96% | 1 |
| FY2004 | 3,427 | 3,256 | 92 | 15 | 39 | 9 | 16 | 98% | 0 |
| FY2005* | 2,537 | 2,337 | 100 | 26 | 60 | 2 | 12 | 97% | 0 |
| FY2006 | 2,639 | 2,344 | 162 | 32 | 77 | 0 | 24 | 96% | 0 |
| FY2007 | 3,248 | 2,903 | 212 | 33 | 94 | 1 | 5 | 96% | 0 |
| FY2008* | 3,822 | 3,546 | 135 | 33 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 96% | 9 |
| FY2009 | 4,838 | 4,400 | 204 | 36 | 195 | 1 | 2 | 95% | 4 |
| FY2010* | 4,586 | 4,195 | 172 | 24 | 194 | 0 | 1 | 95% | 0 |
| FY2011 | 4,835 | 4,348 | 245 | 46 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 1 |
| FY2012 | 5,309 | 4,781 | 250 | 46 | 230 | 2 | 0 | 95% | 2 |
| FY2013 | 4,905 | 4,510 | 227 | 40 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 97% | 0 |
| FY2014 | 3,915 | 3,502 | 233 | 43 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 0 |
| FY2015 | 3,391 | 3,040 | 202 | 44 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 96% | 0 |
| FY2016 | 2,849 | 2,481 | 228 | 29 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 5 |
| FY2017 | 2,888 | 2,549 | 178 | 40 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 94% | 0 |
| FY2018 | 3,889 | 3,492 | 191 | 45 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 1 |
| FY2019* | 4,089 | 3,753 | 144 | 38 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 0 |
| FY2020 | 3,499 | 3,132 | 161 | 27 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 94% | 0 |
| FY2021 | 2,927 | 2,581 | 218 | 37 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 96% | 0 |
| FY2022 | 3,474 | 3,083 | 284 | 32 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 97% | 1 |
| FY2023 | 3,189 | 2,894 | 186 | 20 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 97% | 0 |
| FY2024* | 2,634 | 2,334 | 162 | 35 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 95% | 0 |
| FY2025 | 2,661 | 2,402 | 134 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 95% | 1 |
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 Southern District of California, by fiscal year (months)
| Fiscal year | Sentence, mean | Sentence, median | People sentenced | Prison term, mean | Prison term, median | Sentenced to prison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2002 | 19 | 12 | 3,806 | 20 | 15 | 3,469 |
| FY2003* | 19 | 15 | 3,760 | 20 | 18 | 3,418 |
| FY2004 | 19 | 18 | 3,410 | 20 | 18 | 3,284 |
| FY2005* | 27 | 21 | 2,525 | 28 | 24 | 2,408 |
| FY2006 | 27 | 18 | 2,616 | 28 | 18 | 2,482 |
| FY2007 | 25 | 18 | 3,243 | 26 | 21 | 3,069 |
| FY2008* | 26 | 18 | 3,820 | 27 | 18 | 3,619 |
| FY2009 | 22 | 15 | 4,836 | 24 | 18 | 4,395 |
| FY2010* | 24 | 15 | 4,586 | 26 | 18 | 4,108 |
| FY2011 | 24 | 15 | 4,835 | 28 | 18 | 4,205 |
| FY2012 | 25 | 16 | 5,309 | 29 | 24 | 4,512 |
| FY2013 | 26 | 18 | 4,905 | 29 | 21 | 4,319 |
| FY2014 | 28 | 21 | 3,915 | 31 | 24 | 3,514 |
| FY2015 | 27 | 18 | 3,391 | 30 | 24 | 3,066 |
| FY2016 | 29 | 21 | 2,849 | 32 | 24 | 2,554 |
| FY2017 | 24 | 16 | 2,888 | 28 | 21 | 2,473 |
| FY2018 | 24 | 12 | 3,889 | 25 | 15 | 3,683 |
| FY2019* | 20 | 12 | 4,089 | 21 | 12 | 3,897 |
| FY2020 | 21 | 12 | 3,499 | 22 | 12 | 3,293 |
| FY2021 | 25 | 18 | 2,927 | 26 | 18 | 2,799 |
| FY2022 | 27 | 18 | 3,474 | 28 | 20 | 3,367 |
| FY2023 | 24 | 16 | 3,189 | 24 | 18 | 3,080 |
| FY2024* | 22 | 13 | 2,634 | 23 | 13 | 2,496 |
| FY2025 | 18 | 8 | 2,661 | 19 | 9 | 2,536 |
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 Southern District of California by offense, FY2002 to FY2009
| Offense | FY2002 | FY2003* | FY2004 | FY2005* | FY2006 | FY2007 | FY2008* | FY2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 1,633 | 2,046 | 2,054 | 1,413 | 1,411 | 1,835 | 2,350 | 2,978 |
| Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing | 1,650 | 1,068 | 807 | 826 | 981 | 1,168 | 1,022 | 1,350 |
| Fraud | 348 | 477 | 420 | 153 | 102 | 101 | 254 | 194 |
| Firearms | 18 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 41 |
| Money Laundering | 10 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 17 |
| Prison Offenses | 14 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 26 |
| Tax Offenses | 29 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Administration of Justice | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| Robbery | 25 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
| Assault | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 22 |
| Drugs - Simple Possession | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 67 |
| Traffic Violations and Other Offenses | 31 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| Drugs - Communication Facilities | 21 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Larceny | 20 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Pornography/Prostitution | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 |
| Racketeering/Extortion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
| Forgery/Counterfeiting | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Embezzlement | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bribery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Food and Drug Offenses | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Murder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Sexual Abuse | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| National Defense Offenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kidnapping/Hostage Taking | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Civil Rights Offenses | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antitrust Violations | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Offense type not known | 21 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| All offenses | 3,902 | 3,806 | 3,427 | 2,537 | 2,639 | 3,248 | 3,822 | 4,838 |
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 Southern District of California by offense, FY2010 to FY2017
| Offense | FY2010* | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 | FY2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 3,054 | 3,163 | 3,075 | 2,862 | 1,926 | 1,795 | 1,253 | 1,476 |
| Drugs - Trafficking, Manufacturing, and Importing | 1,100 | 1,210 | 1,731 | 1,524 | 1,494 | 1,161 | 1,115 | 1,058 |
| Fraud | 108 | 97 | 131 | 138 | 147 | 124 | 102 | 79 |
| Firearms | 45 | 51 | 43 | 38 | 53 | 50 | 44 | 31 |
| Child Pornography | 37 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 44 |
| Money Laundering | 39 | 42 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 39 | 34 |
| Racketeering/Extortion | 15 | 19 | 48 | 47 | 21 | 25 | 41 | 11 |
| Drugs - Communication Facilities | 24 | 50 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 4 |
| Traffic Violations and Other Offenses | 24 | 24 | 29 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 31 |
| Prison Offenses | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 24 |
| Robbery | 17 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 7 |
| Assault | 12 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 19 |
| Drugs - Simple Possession | 18 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Sexual Abuse | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 30 | 9 |
| Administration of Justice | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| Tax Offenses | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 7 |
| Larceny | 15 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| Bribery | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Gambling/Lottery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Environmental, Game, Fish, and Wildlife Offenses | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Forgery/Counterfeiting | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| National Defense Offenses | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Food and Drug Offenses | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Embezzlement | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Murder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kidnapping/Hostage Taking | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Auto Theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Manslaughter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Civil Rights Offenses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All offenses | 4,586 | 4,835 | 5,309 | 4,905 | 3,915 | 3,391 | 2,849 | 2,888 |
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 Southern District of California by offense, FY2025
| Offense | People sentenced | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 1,388 | 52% |
| Drug Trafficking | 881 | 33% |
| Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement | 113 | 4% |
| Money Launder | 99 | 4% |
| Firearms | 50 | 2% |
| Child Pornography | 22 | 1% |
| Prison Offenses | 22 | 1% |
| Administration of Justice | 14 | 1% |
| Other | 12 | 1% |
| Drug Possession | 10 | <1% |
| Environmental | 10 | <1% |
| Assault | 5 | <1% |
| Murder | 5 | <1% |
| Tax | 5 | <1% |
| Robbery | 4 | <1% |
| Sex Abuse | 4 | <1% |
| Stalking/Harassing | 4 | <1% |
| Bribery/Corruption | 3 | <1% |
| Food and Drug | 3 | <1% |
| Forgery/Counter/Copyright | 2 | <1% |
| Kidnapping | 2 | <1% |
| Arson | 1 | 0% |
| Individual Rights | 1 | 0% |
| National Defense | 1 | 0% |
All 2,661 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 Southern District of California by race and Hispanic origin, FY2025
| Race and Hispanic origin | People sentenced | Of which placed by CrimeDB | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | 2,379 | 18 | 89% |
| White+MENA | 178 | 1 | 7% |
| Black | 63 | 0 | 2% |
| Asian+NHPI | 23 | 0 | 1% |
| AIAN | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Race unknown | 17 | 0 | 1% |
All 2,661 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 19 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 Southern District of California by criminal history category, FY2025
| Criminal history category | People sentenced | Share |
|---|---|---|
| I | 1,600 | 60% |
| II | 448 | 17% |
| III | 282 | 11% |
| IV | 109 | 4% |
| V | 71 | 3% |
| VI | 140 | 5% |
| Category not known | 11 | <1% |
All 2,661 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 Southern District of California against the guideline range, FY2025
| Against the guideline range | People sentenced | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Within the range | 726 | 27% |
| Above the range | 19 | 1% |
| Below the range, government-sponsored | 1,810 | 68% |
| Below the range, not government-sponsored | 93 | 4% |
| Not known or not comparable | 13 | 1% |
All 2,661 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 Southern District of California, all cases (Table H-14)
| Fiscal year | Cases opened | Detained | Released | Detained (%) | Released (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2006 | 4,563 | 2,476 | 2,087 | 54.3% | 45.7% |
| FY2007 | 5,885 | 3,382 | 2,503 | 57.5% | 42.5% |
| FY2008 | 6,880 | 4,237 | 2,643 | 61.6% | 38.4% |
| FY2009 | 9,938 | 5,715 | 4,223 | 57.5% | 42.5% |
| FY2010 | 10,989 | 6,224 | 4,765 | 56.6% | 43.4% |
| FY2011 | 11,023 | 6,637 | 4,386 | 60.2% | 39.8% |
| FY2012 | 7,183 | 6,318 | 865 | 88.0% | 12.0% |
| FY2013 | 6,505 | 5,648 | 857 | 86.8% | 13.2% |
| FY2014 | 5,758 | 5,023 | 735 | 87.2% | 12.8% |
| FY2015 | 5,280 | 4,592 | 688 | 87.0% | 13.0% |
| FY2016 | 5,716 | 4,884 | 832 | 85.4% | 14.6% |
| FY2017 | 7,290 | 6,237 | 1,053 | 85.6% | 14.4% |
| FY2018 | 8,683 | 7,653 | 1,030 | 88.1% | 11.9% |
| FY2019 | 8,473 | 6,932 | 1,541 | 81.8% | 18.2% |
| FY2020 | 6,022 | 4,392 | 1,630 | 72.9% | 27.1% |
| FY2021 | 4,731 | 3,179 | 1,552 | 67.2% | 32.8% |
| FY2022 | 4,772 | 3,540 | 1,232 | 74.2% | 25.8% |
| FY2023 | 4,425 | 3,320 | 1,105 | 75.0% | 25.0% |
| FY2024 | 4,455 | 3,200 | 1,255 | 71.8% | 28.2% |
| FY2025 | 6,132 | 5,026 | 1,106 | 82.0% | 18.0% |
Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.
Pretrial release and detention in the Southern District of California, excluding immigration cases (Table H-14A)
| Fiscal year | Cases opened | Detained | Released | Detained (%) | Released (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2006 | 2,284 | 1,740 | 544 | 76.2% | 23.8% |
| FY2007 | 4,659 | 2,172 | 2,487 | 46.6% | 53.4% |
| FY2008 | 4,902 | 2,305 | 2,597 | 47.0% | 53.0% |
| FY2009 | 6,663 | 3,486 | 3,177 | 52.3% | 47.7% |
| FY2010 | 6,750 | 3,553 | 3,197 | 52.6% | 47.4% |
| FY2011 | 6,826 | 3,841 | 2,985 | 56.3% | 43.7% |
| FY2012 | 4,772 | 3,915 | 857 | 82.0% | 18.0% |
| FY2013 | 4,239 | 3,385 | 854 | 79.9% | 20.1% |
| FY2014 | 3,640 | 2,906 | 734 | 79.8% | 20.2% |
| FY2015 | 3,433 | 2,752 | 681 | 80.2% | 19.8% |
| FY2016 | 3,891 | 3,061 | 830 | 78.7% | 21.3% |
| FY2017 | 5,459 | 4,411 | 1,048 | 80.8% | 19.2% |
| FY2018 | 6,026 | 5,002 | 1,024 | 83.0% | 17.0% |
| FY2019 | 6,290 | 5,149 | 1,141 | 81.9% | 18.1% |
| FY2020 | 4,805 | 3,272 | 1,533 | 68.1% | 31.9% |
| FY2021 | 3,879 | 2,338 | 1,541 | 60.3% | 39.7% |
| FY2022 | 3,888 | 2,661 | 1,227 | 68.4% | 31.6% |
| FY2023 | 3,586 | 2,485 | 1,101 | 69.3% | 30.7% |
| FY2024 | 3,727 | 2,476 | 1,251 | 66.4% | 33.6% |
| FY2025 | 3,325 | 2,242 | 1,083 | 67.4% | 32.6% |
Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.
Pretrial release and detention in the Southern District of California, excluding illegal alien cases (Table H-14B)
| Fiscal year | Cases opened | Detained | Released | Detained (%) | Released (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2,495 | 1,323 | 1,172 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| FY2023 | 1,933 | 968 | 965 | 50.1% | 49.9% |
| FY2024 | 1,986 | 873 | 1,113 | 44.0% | 56.0% |
| FY2025 | 1,654 | 690 | 964 | 41.7% | 58.3% |
Source: U.S. Courts, Judicial Business Tables H-14, H-14A, and H-14B, as printed.