> ## 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, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure/ - Published: 2026-11-03T01:39:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:39:53.000Z - Description: Prison was the usual sentence under §2B2.1. Of 475 people sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 435 (92%) received prison, with a median of 21 months. Supervised release was ordered for 434 (91%). - 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 **In brief:** Prison was the usual sentence under §2B2.1\. Of 475 people sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 435 (92%) received prison, with a median of 21 months. Supervised release was ordered for 434 (91%). Updated November 2, 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 475 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 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/). ## Prison Was the Usual Sentence Of the 475 people sentenced with §2B2.1 as the primary guideline, 435 (92%) were sent to prison. Another 33 (7%) received probation only. The median prison term was 21 months. A quarter received 36 months or more, and a quarter received 12 months or less. The figures are terms imposed by the court, not time served. ## What the Guideline Covers The Sentencing Guidelines Manual titles §2B2.1 "Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence." The Sentencing Commission files these cases under Burglary/Trespass. A case appears here when this was the primary guideline, meaning the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data. ## Guilty Pleas and Mandatory Minimums Guilty pleas made up 470 of the 475 cases (99%), and 5 people were convicted after a trial. Of those who pleaded guilty, 87% had a written plea agreement and 13% were straight pleas. The median prison term was 21 months after a guilty plea and 21 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on only 5 people. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 9 people (2%). ## Sentences Compared With the Guideline Range A sentence within the guideline range was given to 245 people (52%). Below the range at the government's request were 74 (16%), and below the range without such a request were 111 (23%). Above the range were 45 people (9%). Criminal history varied widely in this group. Only 26% were in the lowest category I, and 17% were in the highest (VI). ## Supervised Release, Fines, and Restitution Supervised release after prison was ordered for 434 people (91%), with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 9 (2%). Restitution was ordered for 307 people (65%). ## Changes Over Time In fiscal years 2016 to 2019, 182 people were sentenced and the median prison term was 19 months. In fiscal years 2020 to 2025, 293 people were sentenced and the median was 24 months. The yearly table shows medians from 18 months in 2016 to 26.5 months in 2023, then 19 months in 2025\. The number of people sentenced was 69 in 2022 and 34 in 2025\. The records show these changes but not their reasons. The share who pleaded guilty stayed between 94% and 100% in every year, with the lowest in 2020. | 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% | ## What the Records Do Not Cover The approved crosswalk has no close court-martial counterpart for this guideline, so only federal numbers are given. The data describes sentences, not the facts of any burglary. It also leaves out people who were acquitted or whose cases were dismissed, so it cannot show how often a burglary charge ended without a conviction. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2B2.1 (475), from the U.S. Sentencing Commission's 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) - [§2B3.1 Robbery: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b3-1-robbery/) (same guideline chapter part) - [§2B5.1 Offenses Involving Counterfeit Bearer Obligations of the United States: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b5-1-offenses-involving-counterfeit-bearer-obligations-of-the/) (same guideline chapter part) - [§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b4-1-bribery-in-procurement-of-bank-loan-and/) (same guideline chapter part) - [§2B5.3 Criminal Infringement of Copyright or Trademark: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b5-3-criminal-infringement-of-copyright-or-trademark/) (same guideline chapter part) - [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.