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Best Crime TV Series of the 1970s

303 Crime series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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303 series

Armchair Thriller

★ 7.3
303 55 1978–1981
Crime · Drama · Horror

SOKO 5113

★ 5.8
298 678 1978–2020
Crime · Drama

Carry on Laughing

★ 5.9
296 13 1975–1975
Comedy · Crime · History

Nick Knatterton

★ 8.4
293 15 1978–1980
Animation · Comedy · Crime

Supertrain

★ 4.5
289 9 1979–1979
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Q & Q

★ 7.8
287 26 1974–1976
Adventure · Crime · Drama

Waris

★ 8.5
277 16 1979–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Cade's County

★ 7.1
276 24 1971–1972
Action · Crime · Drama

30 prípadu majora Zemana

★ 6.1
270 30 1975–1980
Crime · Drama

The Blue Knight

★ 6.9
265 25 1975–1976
Action · Crime · Drama

Raffles

★ 7.9
261 14 1975–1977
Comedy · Crime

Toma

★ 7.6
252 23 1973–1974
Crime · Drama

Hazell

★ 7.4
247 22 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

Hawkins

★ 7.5
233 8 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

En by i provinsen

★ 7.0
217 17 1977–1980
Crime · Drama

Krakh inzhenera Garina

★ 6.6
216 4 1973–1973
Crime · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Madigan

★ 7.2
213 6 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Serpico

★ 6.9
210 16 1976–1977
Crime · Drama

Boney

★ 8.4
205 26 1972–1973
Crime

Delvecchio

★ 6.7
190 22 1976–1977
Crime · Drama

Concrete Cowboys

★ 5.0
188 7 1979–present
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Vanished

★ 6.9
186 2 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Banyon

★ 7.7
177 16 1971–1973
Crime · Drama

Cop Shop

★ 7.1
177 588 1977–1984
Action · Crime · Drama
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