Federal robbery sentences averaged 108 months in fiscal 2025, according to a new United States Sentencing Commission profile of 1,233 cases.
Robbery cases represented 1.8% of the 66,662 federal cases reported for the year. The number was 4% lower than in fiscal 2021, and the category covers cases sentenced under the robbery guideline.
A conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which carries a consecutive punishment for using or carrying a firearm in specified circumstances, sharply changed the average. The mean was 160 months with a Section 924(c) conviction and 72 months without one.
Forty-one percent of people sentenced for robbery also had Section 924(c) convictions. Overall, 99% received prison sentences and 42% were convicted of an offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty.
The Commission reported a median loss of $2,400. Seventy-seven percent of cases involved losses of $20,000 or less, while 11% involved losses above $95,000.
Guideline adjustments describe recurring case features. Sixty-two percent involved use or brandishing of a firearm or dangerous weapon, or a threat of death; 21% involved carjacking; 19% involved abduction or physical restraint; and 17% involved bodily injury.
The five districts with the most robbery cases were the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of New York, Southern District of Texas and Southern District of Florida.
The data reports sentencing outcomes after conviction, not arrests, pending accusations or local robbery rates. It should not be used to infer guilt or conduct in any unresolved case.
Averages also compress wide differences in statutes, guideline calculations and judicial decisions. The Commission's strongest comparison is the documented split between cases with and without Section 924(c), not a prediction of an individual sentence.