Cameras with artificial intelligence catch shoplifters in the act, and a dedicated police team arrests a burglar who broke into an elderly woman’s home while she was asleep.
Video evidence from a police body camera helps convict a violent offender, and a wine bar uses facial recognition cameras to tackle their pickpocketing problem.
A dedicated police officer successfully predicts where and when burglars are likely to strike again - only this time, he’s waiting for them.
A brave mother fights back against car thieves as they try to steal her Audi from her driveway – with her baby inside!
A 96-year-old D-Day veteran is brutally attacked on his doorstep. Police in Taunton, Somerset, quickly arrest his attacker after tracking his spending habits.
An elderly woman has her handbag snatched on her way to bingo, but the robber doesn’t get far. Police follow a digital trail of evidence and put him behind bars.
Ram raiders target a jewellers in Northampton. They think they've got away with it, but with the help of automatic number plate recognition cameras, they’re soon behind bars.
A Premier League footballer's house is targeted twice by burglars of high-value properties – but they are quickly caught thanks to a helicopter fitted with heat-seeking cameras.
Armed robbers burst into a jewellers in Hinkley, Leicestershire. Even though they wear masks and gloves to hide their identities, they leave behind a single footprint.
A team of ‘super recognisers’ – police officers with an extraordinary ability to recognise faces – could be the key to catching criminals who commit multiple offences.
Young mum Courtney Slater is dragged screaming from her car at knifepoint in a terrifying early evening robbery in a quiet residential street. But Courtney and her boyfriend are determined not to let the criminals get away with it. Using an app on their mobile phones, they recover their car and help police track down the robbery gang and bring them to justice.
A nurse working in Barnsley Hospital's emergency department returns home after a gruelling 12-hour shift, only to discover her house has been broken into. Neighbours rally round and two local companies step in to fit her home with an alarm system and motion-detecting technology.
Detectives in Hull go to great lengths to build up a digital trail of evidence that leads to two moped muggers who robbed an 85-year-old woman on her way home from church.
A Neighbourhood Watch group compiles an impressive dossier of digital evidence that helps police identify two wanted burglars. Criminologist Dr Emmeline Taylor says groups like this can be a vital tool in the fight against crime.
Millions of cars are fitted with dashcams, and the footage they capture is increasingly being used as evidence in cases of dangerous driving, like when two cars collided in a horrific head-on smash in the Cotswold town of Lechlade. One of the cars span out of control and hit bystander Nadine Wood, causing her life-changing injuries. Thanks to dashcam footage retrieved from one of the vehicles, it's quickly established that one of the drivers had jumped a red light and had been driving dangerously.
An Italian jeweller's in Ely, Cambridgeshire, is broken into and ransacked by a masked gang. But thanks to the latest facial recognition software, criminals like these can no longer be sure of evading justice. One company demonstrates how a suspect can be identified even if their face is partially hidden.
We see how thousands of repeat offenders – including burglars, robbers and thieves – are being fitted with electronic GPS tags, and in many cases their movements are being monitored 24/7. Probation officer Suzanne Bennett tells the programme that, in her experience, no-one wearing one of these tags has reoffended.
Police close in on a robbery gang targeting people who buy and sell goods on Facebook Marketplace. The robbers are finally caught thanks to data captured by their electronic curfew tags. The data not only shows they weren't at home, it also places them close to the scene of the crime.
A massive gas explosion rips through a small town, causing widespread damage. Eighty people are injured in the blast, and nearly 100 are evacuated from their homes. Investigators use the latest forensic and digital search techniques to uncover the truth – that the explosion was part of an attempted £50,000 insurance scam.
An ex-boyfriend throws acid into a young woman's face, then uses a series of disguises in an attempt to throw police off the scent. But number plate recognition cameras help prove he was in the area and responsible for the horrifying attack.
A couple are confronted by three masked men trying to steal a catalytic converter from under the car parked on their driveway. They capture the incident on their smartphone.
We see the devastating consequences of a lorry driver scrolling through his mobile phone, and how cameras fitted with artificial intelligence are being used in road safety.
A family are distraught when two of their dogs are stolen from the garden. Now, a unique DNA database has been created to help reunite dogs with their rightful owners.
A young couple’s new glamping business is threatened by online hackers. This episode looks at the work being done by West Midlands Cybercrime Unit to combat such incidents.
A train driver suffers facial injuries when a brick is hurled at his cab, shattering the window. One train company has started to install on-board technology for safer rail travel.
A driver is ambushed by carjackers outside his home in Birmingham. Data downloaded off their mobile phones helps link the gang to nearly 100 car thefts and break-ins.
A mum is killed by a dangerous driver reaching speeds of up to 90mph in a 40mph zone. We look at how noise-detecting cameras are being used to target antisocial drivers.
A cyclist takes matters into his own hands and is fighting back against bike thefts. We also look at a new DNA technique helping forensic artists sketch criminals.
A family-run farm is blighted by thefts and break-ins. But new security systems that don’t rely on a good internet connection are now helping to protect businesses in remote areas.
By extracting crucial data from a vehicle’s infotainment system, a vehicle forensics expert helps piece together the evidence following a ram raid on a jeweller's shop in Leeds.