A Neighbourhood Watch group gathers evidence to help police identify burglars. Criminologist Dr Emmeline Taylor says groups like this can be a vital tool to help fight crime. Show more

Bystander Nadine Wood suffered life-changing injuries after a two-car collision. Thanks to dashcam footage captured at the scene, the dangerous driver is soon brought to justice. Show more

Thousands of criminals – including burglars, robbers and thieves – are being fitted with electronic GPS tags in a bid to stop them reoffending. Show more

Shopkeepers in Clacton-on-Sea take a stand against a would-be robber hiding behind a Covid face mask. Police in Telford hunt down a serial arsonist who set fire to five cars. Show more

Police close in on a robbery gang targeting people who buy and sell goods on Facebook Marketplace. The gang is caught thanks to data captured by their electronic curfew tags. Show more

Investigators use forensic and digital search techniques to uncover the truth about a massive gas explosion, and a mum turns to social media after her son’s motorbike is stolen. Show more

An ex-boyfriend throws acid into a young woman’s face and uses a series of disguises to avoid being caught, but number plate recognition cameras help prove he is her attacker. Show more

An 80-year-old woman is bombarded with scam mail and tricked out of an estimated £50,000, and a Royal Navy helicopter pilot spots a fly-tipper dumping rubbish in a remote location. Show more

Trading Standards team up with Ed Sheeran’s manager to take on the ticket touts making millions of pounds at the expense of ordinary music fans. Show more

DVSA inspectors investigate the cause of a fatal crash caused by an HGV lorry careering out of control. The vehicle is being operated by a company putting profits before people. Show more

The Civil Aviation Authority catches a fraudster who lied to get a job as a captain with one of the UK’s largest airlines. Elsewhere, a rogue roofer has pocketed thousands from unhappy clients. Show more

Trading Standards step in when hundreds of pensioners are left stranded after booking a five-day holiday in Torquay. Officers also track down a loan shark targeting hard-up families. Show more

Investigators are called in when a seven-year-old boy suffers a fatal electric shock, and they close in on a fraudster sending thousands of scam text messages. Show more

An investigation into a home improvement scam reveals that fraudsters are using a kitchen extension built by someone else as a fake show home in order to con customers out of thousands. Show more

Investigators crack down on companies bombarding the elderly with marketing phone calls and pressuring them into taking out insurance policies and setting up direct debits. Show more

Enforcement officers investigate the death of a worker at one of the UK’s largest recycling plants, and they catch a trader selling chocolate bars that put children’s health at risk. Show more

Officers take action against a cowboy builder who has conned several customers out of tens of thousands of pounds. And they’re on the trail of a serial fly-tipper. Show more

Officers crack down on a company fitting cars with fake pollution filters, and Trading Standards confront a company who claimed their insulating paint would cut home energy bills. Show more

The Environment Agency responds to a major incident after several canisters containing a deadly chemical weapon, mustard gas, are dumped in a lake. Show more

Officials investigate a fatal road traffic collision and get justice for a vicar who was tricked into paying tens of thousands of pounds to a cowboy builder. Show more