The first season was a weekly program airing on Friday nights, hosted by Diwakar Pundir, who later was replaced by Shakti Anand in late 2004. Partha Dey was the director of Anchor links featuring Shakti Anand and was also the director of special episodes such as the 100th Episode which was based on crimes in Delhi. The 100th episode was a collaboration of Sony TV and NDTV. Nitesh Mishra was the casting director. Season one was immediately popular. Season one had recreation of live staged crime and citizen response to it. These were a part of the show and was done with multiple hidden cameras, line produced by Partha Dey in Delhi, Haryana, MP and Punjab

Due to the popularity of the first season, Sony TV decided to bring back the series for a second season. The second season was aired from Monday to Thursday nights. Season 2 was presented by Anup Soni and Sakshi Tanwar.

Season 3 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2007-05-09.

Season 4 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2009-05-09.

Season 5 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2010-05-09.

Season 6 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2011-05-09.

Season 7 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2013-05-09.

Season 8 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2015-05-09.

Season 9 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2017-05-09.

Season 10 of Crime Patrol premiered on 2018-05-09.