A couple restoring a run-down house disagree about installing CCTV, but the cameras prove their worth when an intruder invades their dream home. And a burglar robbing a pizza takeaway gets a taste of his own medicine when another thief steals his bike.

An adventure centre and a garage are burgled, but the businesses' own cameras don't show the thief's face - perhaps street cameras can help crack the case? And a partially blind man is deceived at a cashpoint by an unscrupulous thief.

Con men pose as police officers to steal thousands of pounds from elderly victims, but the ring leader makes a crucial mistake. A shoplifter dances like no-one's watching, but she is wrong - the security cameras are filming her every move.

Two men attacking a jewellers with an axe end up looking less like dangerous criminals and more like comedy characters. And after a series of muggings of elderly women in Norwich, the moment a victim buys a lottery ticket proves to be the key to the case.

A family man is caught unawares by muggers on the way home after a night out, but then the thieves get a surprise of their own. And a launderette owner is targeted by light-fingered locals, but one of them hasn't looked closely enough at who he is stealing from.

A pub landlady suffers a heartbreaking theft of money meant for her seriously ill daughter, but local people join forces with the police.

A cafe owner with the latest security technology can see, hear and even speak to the burglars who have broken in to his premises.

Two young girls watch on in fear as their shop-owner dad grapples with a dangerous gunman.

Someone is stealing money from a frail 93-year-old, and any one of a large number of visitors could be the culprit.

After a customer is thrown out of a pub for fighting, he takes revenge in an horrific way, by driving at high speed into a group of locals.

Some diners in a restaurant try to leave without paying, but the owner cottons on to their plan...

A series of crimes drives businesses off the rails in Devon, targeting railways both large-scale and small. And a snooker club barman turns detective when two strangers come in and steal money meant for a charity that means the world to him.

A family business is attacked by a former employee wanting cash - and he has back-up. And when an armed man bursts into a shop, terrified staff hide in fear of their lives, but a customer walks in unaware of what is happening.

A disabled woman's carer is stealing from her, so her sister comes up with a plan to foil the thief. And a theatre studies graduate faces a real-life drama when a hammer-wielding robber attacks the shop where she works.

A prolific pickpocket prowls railway stations, preying on women carrying backpacks and bags - but the hunter soon becomes the hunted. Plus, thieves try to steal a parcel from someone's doorstep, but the homeowner drives his car to block their speedy getaway.

A jeweller comes face-to-face with an armed robber and grabs at the gun, taking the biggest risk of his life. Plus, a thief has a cunning plan to break into a garage to steal a cash machine, but he makes a schoolboy error.

A shop owner risks her life to save a colleague when the store is raided by an armed robber wielding an axe. Plus, a life-size ornamental pig is stolen by two teenagers.

A shop worker is horrified when a knife attacker bursts into his store and he only has seconds to make the most important decision of his life. Plus, when three builders spot a man trying to steal their tools they rush to tackle him.

A train enthusiast is robbed and injured by a mugger, but the police use ingenious methods to track the robber down. And a garage keeps getting raided by thieves - until a mechanic uses his technical know-how to bring the crimes to a sudden stop.