British Crime

Wakefield: Murders

In Wakefield, Anita chronicles the tragic story of 51-year-old Wendy Speakes

Milton Keynes: Murders

In Murdertown episode 1, Anita Rani visits Milton Keynes to find out more about the dreadful killing of Rachel Manning,

'She was the brightest thing': The murder of Alesha MacPhail

In 2018, the tranquillity of the Isle of Bute was rocked by an extremely barbaric murder, the after-effects of which still reverberate today.

Real life cases that inspired Line of Duty

From the very first episode, the show has taken inspiration from watershed moments in the history of UK policing

Delroy Grant

Carer of his disabled wife by day and serial rapist by night, it would take the police 17 years to finally catch Delroy Grant, The

Did Levi Bellfield kill Lin and Megan Russell?

There has long been speculation that serial killer, Levi Bellfield was involved in the slayings

The tragic murder of Tia Rigg

In April of 2010, Manchester was rocked by the brutal murder of 12-year-old

London Bombings from the IRA to 7/7

London has seen it all and suffered the consequences.

Locked up: Britain's most dangerous prisons

Whether they’re housing serial killers, sex offenders, or the criminally insane: here are four of Britain’s deadliest prisons

Unusual Jack The Ripper Suspects

Most bizarre theories put forward about the true identity of the Ripper.

The Hatton Garden criminals

Seven men have been convicted of a variety of offences for their involvement in the Hatton Garden heist.

Interview with Colin Sutton: 'The real manhunter'

Ex-Senior Investigating Officer for the Met Police Murder Squad who led the investigations to convict Levi Bellfield and the Nightstalker

The Changing Face of Terror in Britain

It’s often said by pundits, politicians and top-level experts, that – when it comes to terrorism – we’re living in times of unprecedented unease.

Could Jack the Ripper have been HH Holmes?

One left a string of victims in the streets of Victorian Whitechapel, the other operated a sadistic house of horrors thousands of miles away in the US. Could they be the same person?

The Worst Serial Killer You've Never Heard Of

Most people will never have heard of one of the most prolific serial murderers of the past century: Bruce George Peter Lee.

Acid Attacks in the UK

Acid attacks in the UK

Episode 1: Under the microscope

With only a pile of bones, crudely wrapped in an offcut of carpet, detectives had to utilise the individual skill of multiple forensic experts, to find the killer of a 15 year old girl

Episode 2: Under the microscope

In the case of Sameena Imam, at first a missing person who then turned into a murder victim, CCTV proved a crucial piece of critical evidence

Who were the killers of James Bulger?

On the 12th February 1993 two year old James Bulger was at the New Strand Shopping Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, with his mother, Denise Bulger

Episode 3: Under the MIcroscope

Last week on Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence Sundays 10pm, we saw how modern policing was utilised to solve an almost “perfect” murder

Episode 4: Under the microscope

When former DCI Peter Brock first arrived at the Backhouse farm, little could have prepared him for the events that would unfurl over the coming weeks.

Episode 6: Under the microscope

A series of horrific murders, remaining unsolved for over 30 years

Episode 7: Under the microscope

Take a closer look at the 'Double Axe Murderer'

The murder of Rachel Nickell

Police arrogance or just sheer incompetence?

Episode 8: Under the microscope

How do you solve a murder with no body ever being found?

Why Hillsborough Was a Crime

In 2016, the deaths of the Liverpool fans were officially included in the UK's crime statistics

The Manchester Bombing: Seven years on

On 22 May 2017, a pop concert was abruptly transformed into a waking nightmare when a suicide bomber detonated a home-made explosive in the lobby

Famous Examples of Folie  à Deux

This shared psychotic disorder usually involves one dominant person convincing the other of their beliefs

Spousal murder: Till Death Us Do Part

Statistically, female victims are more likely to have been killed by those current or former intimate partners than anyone else.

Do child abductions happen more in summer?

From Sarah Payne to the Soham murders, kids seem to have been targeted in the period stretching from the end of spring to the end of summer.

Hull: Crime Profile

Hull, or Kingston upon Hull as it's properly known, is no stranger to sinister crimes

Acid Attacks: a Crime on the Rise

The UK has one of the highest recorded rates per capita in the world

Dartford's most shocking murders

This unassuming Kent town was home to a Nazi-obsessed serial killer and notorious cold case

Did Anti-Semitism thwart the Investigation into Jack the Ripper?

Why was Jack the Ripper never caught? Or more to the point, why was he never even identified?

Pontypridd: Crime Profile

Murdertown: Crime Survey