Christopher Terrell Bradley appeals the 60-month sentence imposed following his *973 guilty plea conviction for failure to register as a sex offender. The district court varied above the guidelines range of 30 to 37 months of imprisonment, citing the volume .and sometimes violent nature of Bradley’s criminal history, ’the need to afford adequate deterrence to continued criminal conduct, and the need to protect the public from further crimes. These were proper factors for the district court to consider. See United States v. Smith, 440 F.3d 704, 708 (5th Cir. 2006). Given the significant deference that is due to a district, court’s consideration of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, see Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007), and the district court’s reasons for its sentencing decision, Bradley has not demonstrated that his sentence is substantively unreasonable or an abuse of discretion, see United States v. McElwee, 646 F.3d 328, 344-45 (5th Cir. 2011).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.