At time of launch, it broadcast a range of crime dramas, including the free-to-air premiere of Orange Is the New Black as well as reruns of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Hustle.

In June 2019, ultimately due to low ratings, Sony announced that the channel would be downgraded, reducing its output to reality crime programming, akin to its now defunct sister channels True Crime and TruTV.

Prior to these changes, a month earlier, the channel was withdrawn from Freesat and was moved to the G-MAN multiplex on Freeview, reducing availability to Manchester only and moved to channel 60.

On 13 August 2020, an editor on the site TV Channel Lists noticed Sony Crime began broadcasting again with colour bars.

[4] However, as of 10 September 2020, the channel's slot on Sky was occupied by Court TV.