A violent attack on a small village store has a twist in the tale, and two good samaritans come to the aid of a woman who is targeted by a handbag snatcher.

A one-man crime wave hits a quiet town on Friday the thirteenth, and the police use their own technology to defeat the latest tricks cunning criminals come up with at cashpoints.

In this episode a vulnerable woman is not given the care she deserves in a nursing home, and a man stealing from cars gets more than he bargained for.

Officers protect the planet from a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail and use the full force of the law against a noisy neighbour.

This episode features a pub landlord who misses a pair of prolific burglars by seconds and a thief with a knife who waits at the bottom of the stairs.

The sparks fly as a gang of thieves target cashpoint machines with a chainsaw and a family dog is stolen from the back garden.

The sparks fly as a gang of thieves target cashpoint machines with a chainsaw and a family dog is stolen from the back garden.

A blackmail letter causes chaos for a young family and two very different businesses are targeted by men with knives.

A husband and wife are targeted by troublesome teenagers in their own home and a spoilsport gang attack a children's play centre.

A man armed with a crowbar terrorises a jewellery shop owner, but he does not know that his violent act is being broadcast right around the town on short wave radio to the police, the council and local shopkeepers. Plus how criminals can steal a handbag in seconds.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.

Dom Littlewood looks at the footage filmed showing how police, businesses and the public are using technology to catch criminals.