Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases

Description of statistics

The statistics contain data on cases referred to mediation offices and the separate offences contained within the cases, as well as also on domestic violence cases and civil cases. Offences under the Penal Code and domestic violence offences are recorded according to offence category and according to the authority or private person making the referral to mediation. 

The data are collected from all operating areas for mediation and are presented by regional state administrative agency. Data has been collected since the Act on Conciliation in Criminal and Certain Civil Cases (1015/2005) entered into force on 1 June 2006.

A change in the collection of statistical data. At the beginning of 2019, the new national information system Sopu was introduced, which makes it possible to receive more precise information directly from the database without separate collection of information.

The statistics are published annually in June.