Fear Thy Neighbour
Figures show that crime is rising year by year. Fear of crime seems to be growing even more rapidly: police forces encourage neighbourhood watch groups, alarmed individuals train in techniques of self-defence and security guards now outnumber police officers.
Jeremy Paxman asks where the rising tide of fear will end, and discovers that in some areas citizens are already taking up arms because they believe the state can no longer protect them.
Reporter Jeremy Paxman Film editor CHRIS LYSAGHT Researcher JULIAN BIRKETT
Everyman editor DANIEL WOLF Producer PATn STEEPLES