This programme features the work of specific car crime teams: The Burglary Task Force from Tameside, East Manchester. The Lothian & Borders Road Crime Reduction Unit based in Edinburgh, the Neighbourhood Task Force in Stockport and the CO15 ANPR Intercept Team in London.

Persistent offenders are responsible for the majority of all crime in the UK – just 100,000 criminals commit over half of all crimes, approximately five million crimes each year. The most common crimes for persistent offenders to commit are burglary and car crime, so the country’s specialist car crime teams have a particular interest in finding their worst offenders.