A mother has just got home with her newborn baby when masked burglars smash their way in. A dashcam reveals a van driver's criminal behaviour before a crash.
A woman suspects a workman doing her garden is guilty of a crime. A council come up against the worst fly-tipper they've ever seen and a burglar has a painful encounter with a tree trunk.
A former magistrate is shocked to find burglars brazenly carrying a safe out of her home and a young cashier teams up with his aunt to rugby tackle an armed robber.
A homeowner makes an alarming discovery after hearing a bump in the night. A parrot owner is spitting feathers when his beloved bird is stolen, and a doorbell camera solves the puzzle of a missing monkey-puzzle tree.
Undercover cops pick up an international gang of pickpockets. A couple are stunned to find a stranger in their hallway and a reckless lorry driver reverses on a motorway into oncoming traffic.
An anxious family call 999 as they watch - live on their home CCTV - an intruder prowling around downstairs. Elsewhere, some major drug dealers are caught boasting about their crimes on camera.
A detective uncovers a callous, cunning criminal who has been targeting elderly people for years. A homeless musician's guitar is cruelly stolen by a mystery man. Car thieves struggle with a vehicle that seems to be smarter than they are.
A prolific gang stealing expensive catalytic converters from underneath cars pick the wrong street to operate in. A takeaway owner faces down a gunman and police hunting a fugitive get unexpected help from a herd of cows.
An elderly woman wakes up to find a burglar right by her bed. A family who run a pub discover that their new manager has a sinister secret and a delivery driver angers the public by apparently stealing a kid's ball.
A criminal couple use an unusual technique to con people at cashpoints, a would-be robber with a knife underestimates an older female cashier, and a bragging joyrider ends up crashing back down to earth.
A sinister thief stalks the corridors of a care home. A shop cleaner becomes an unlikely hero by tackling an armed robber. And a rogues' gallery of crooks are caught out by doorbell cameras.
Muggers use a moped to rob victims on a massive scale. A covert RSPCA operation helps to uncover a farm where dogs are kept illegally and cruelly treated. A helicopter's infrared camera catches a criminal pretending to be a solar panel.
A burglar soon regrets breaking into the house of a judo expert. A florist is shocked to see, live on camera, that there's a night-time intruder in her shop. An unbelievable road rage case where a driver picks a fight with an ambulance.
A car thief doesn't realise the car's dashcam is recording everywhere he goes. And an undercover officer recognises an adversary from years ago who is up to his old tricks.
A crew of rogue roofers are caught on film mocking their elderly victims. A heartless thief steals important equipment from an ambulance but doesn't realise it has a tracker. An armed robber regrets picking a bicycle as a getaway vehicle.
A family find they can track a gang of car thieves via a signal from their daughter's stolen earphones, and a female robber with a knife underestimates a much older woman behind the counter.
A scarcely credible case where a paramedic is filmed attempting to steal from a dying patient and sinister criminals who purposefully cause frightening road collisions to claim insurance.
A gang of conmen cruelly dupe victims by pretending to be from the water board, a heavy metal record shop owner is rocked when an intruder busts up his business and a none-too-clever crook who can't swim tries to steal a jet ski.
Police battle to catch stone thieves desecrating centuries-old church pathways. A ram-raid gang commit so many crimes they are raised in Parliament. A mounted police officer gallops after a driver who's using their phone behind the wheel.
A cold and calculating criminal mastermind poses as a bank manager to steal large sums from his victims and a burglar swears he's innocent, but he's forgotten he's wearing a police tag that tells a different story.
