> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # §2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2024 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2024/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:28:49.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:28:49.000Z - Description: 52 people were sentenced under §2B2.1 in fiscal year 2024. The median prison term was 25.5 months (2.1 years), but a quarter received 50.2 months or more and a quarter received 12 months or less. 46 people (88%) were sentenced to prison. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a R](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure/) › §2B2.1: FY2024 **In brief:** 52 people were sentenced under §2B2.1 in fiscal year 2024\. The median prison term was 25.5 months (2.1 years), but a quarter received 50.2 months or more and a quarter received 12 months or less. 46 people (88%) were sentenced to prison. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 52 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2024\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## A Wide Range of Prison Terms In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Sentencing Commission recorded 52 people with §2B2.1 as the primary guideline. The Guidelines Manual titles it "Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence." 46 (88%) received a prison term, and 5 (10%) received probation only. The median prison term was 25.5 months. The quarter of people with the longest terms received 50.2 months or more. The quarter with the shortest terms received 12 months or less. Terms vary widely under this guideline in this year. Supervised release followed for 46 people (88%), with a median term of 36 months. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 1 of the 49 people with that information recorded (2%). | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 40 | 18 months | 100% | | 2017 | 60 | 21 months | 98% | | 2018 | 34 | 24 months | 100% | | 2019 | 48 | 18 months | 100% | | 2020 | 36 | 18 months | 94% | | 2021 | 54 | 22.5 months | 100% | | 2022 | 69 | 24 months | 100% | | 2023 | 48 | 26.5 months | 100% | | 2024 | 52 | 25.5 months | 98% | | 2025 | 34 | 19 months | 97% | ## One Trial Conviction 51 of the 52 people (98%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. The median prison term was 24 months after a guilty plea and 60 months after the trial. The trial figure is one person's sentence, so it cannot be used to compare plea and trial sentences. 90% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement, and 10% were straight pleas. ## Sentences and the Guideline Range 25 people (48%) were within the range. 11 (21%) were below it without a government request, and 8 (15%) were below it at the government's request. 8 (15%) were above it. The within-range share was 52% in fiscal year 2023 and 44% in fiscal year 2025\. For all guidelines in fiscal year 2024 it was 46%, and for this guideline over fiscal years 2016 to 2025 it was 52%. ## Criminal History 35% of the group were in criminal history category I, the lowest, and 29% were in category VI, the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Restitution and Fines Restitution was ordered for 34 people (65%). No fine was ordered for any of the 52\. These are counts of orders, not dollar amounts. ## Other Years and All Federal Cases Fiscal year 2023 had 48 people under this guideline and a median prison term of 26.5 months. Fiscal year 2025 had 34 people and a median of 19 months. Over fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 475 people were sentenced under §2B2.1, and 92% went to prison. All guidelines combined in fiscal year 2024 covered 61,678 people, with a median prison term of 30 months and 97% guilty pleas. ## What Is Not Shown Fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024\. The Commission classifies the 52 cases as the offense type Burglary/Trespass and counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. The approved crosswalk has no close court-martial counterpart, so only federal numbers appear here. The records do not explain why any sentence was chosen. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2024 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2B2.1 (52), U.S. Sentencing Commission individual data files. The primary guideline is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure/) (overview) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2023/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2025/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [How Often Federal Judges Sentence Outside the Guideline Range](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sentences-outside-guideline-range/) - [Mandatory Minimums: How Many Federal Sentences Are Set by Congress](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-mandatory-minimum-sentences/) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.