This week, Nick visits Liverpool – a city with a reputation for serious gun crime. The action follows Merseyside Police’s Matrix team as they hit the front line in their daily battle to tackle both the causes and effects of firearms on the streets.
Nick Wallis joins the West Midlands Police Gang Task Force in Birmingham as they battle both the causes and effects of the city’s violent gang culture. The episode explores the devastating effect gang crime can have on communities, hearing first hand from the gangs themselves and from the families of past victims.
Presenter Nick Wallis looks into Glasgow's reputation for knife crime and assesses how the local residents are working in tandem with police, doctors and other essential services to try to reduce the violence.
This programme reveals the places in the UK that have been hardest hit by crimes such as burglary, criminal damage, antisocial behaviour, violent street attacks and murder. Presenter Nick Wallis has all the details, ranking the cities, towns and streets most affected by different types of crime.