In Norfolk, an otherwise unassuming summer evening is shaken by an armed robbery. A vehicle is stolen and innocent people are shot.
Detective Inspector Burgess of Norwich CID has a problem, the number of home burglaries has rocketed and there are more and more victims emerging every day. Looking at the evidence, officers suspect that one man is potentially responsible for a large part of the spike in residential crime, but he is a highly experienced criminal who knows every way to escape capture and avoid leaving any clue that could incriminate him.
After a raid on a cannabis factory, nine people are arrested and it is up to the team at Norwich CID to get to the bottom of which role each suspect played. In the interview room, different stories emerge and the detectives face a daunting challenge to determine who is telling the truth and who is spinning lies.
The team in Norwich gathers evidence about a single-punch attack that has left a man with a serious brain injury, but no witnesses are willing to come forward to identify the culprit. In another incident, a pensioner is allegedly attacked and robbed just outside a betting shop, but, once again no-one present can identify the person responsible.
Return of the documentary following detectives on serious cases, from the very start of an investigation to the moment when they confront their suspects with the evidence. The opening edition follows a case in which three hooded men subject a family to a violent ordeal in their own home late at night.
A devastating rampage of distressing and targeted burglaries is terrorising the elderly and vulnerable around a single town. The MO is the same every time and the police are called out almost daily to yet another ransacked address, but the perpetrator evades them. Detectives quickly suspect that the break-ins might be the work of one man who is known to them, so Inspector Tom Smith and his CID team need to find and apprehend him fast - and that's not going to be easy.
A man is found badly beaten, with little recollection of what happened.
During a lads' night out, an interaction with a stranger leads to a violent attack that leaves one of them fighting for his life in hospital. Can police track down the assailant?
Violence erupts as young men armed with machetes engage in a brutal turf war over drug deals. Detectives must bring down the gang and find the man at the top.
With gangs flooding Norwich with drugs brought in across the county borders, specialist detectives raid a suburban home - but after a traumatic arrest, have they finally got the right man?
Return of the documentary following the work of police officers and detectives during investigations, this time with exclusive access to Humberside CID. In the first edition, workers are left terrified when two men, one armed with a meat cleaver, the other with a kitchen knife, launch separate violent crime sprees robbing store tills for cash, and officers must find both perpetrators before they strike again.
In Hull, people are terrorised at home by a knife-wielding intruder and less than 24 hours later, the same victims are targeted again, but this time by two attackers, and left traumatised. DC Heather Butler must build a strong case and during the investigation, incriminating evidence is found, including a razor-sharp meat cleaver left behind at the scene. But as the case unfolds the connection between the two attackers stuns detectives.
Officers are called to a Grimsby pub when two visiting businessmen are left with serious facial injuries after being assaulted on a work night out, but the situation soon escalates when a large crowd of bystanders violently intervene as the police try to make an arrest. The main culprit is identified and arrested, but claims self-defence, while two others are taken in for their part in attacking police in the street disturbance. Humberside detectives have to try to separate the truth from the lies, hoping CCTV footage can help them challenge the suspects' version of events
In Grimsby, a vicious mass street brawl leaves innocent victims with serious injuries. Police are thrown into a desperate race against time to find before a suspect flees the country.
In Scunthorpe, a restaurant worker is stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors in broad daylight before the attacker flees. Can police find and build a case against their suspect?
A man is viciously attacked on his doorstep with what appears to be a gun. Armed police arrest a gang of four for the terrifying assault. But but it's a race against time to prove they have the right men.
A household is terrorised at home by five masked men who break in and hold them at knifepoint before stealing their car. Can detectives find the violent gang before they strike again?
Humberside Police are facing a rise in crimes involving knives and offensive weapons. This edition follows three investigations, revealing the specialist tactics used by CID to fight this rise in violent crime.
