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Top 500 most popular Crime series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Wild Wild Country

★ 8.0
39K 6 2018–2018
Docuseries · Faith & religion

Why Women Kill

★ 8.3
39K 20 2019–2021
Female perspective

Queen of the South

★ 8.0
38K 62 2016–2021
Criminal underworld

Endeavour

★ 8.6
38K 36 2012–2023
Detective mystery · British TV

Unforgotten

★ 8.4
38K 42 2015–present
Detective mystery · Secrets & lies

The Mechanism

★ 8.0
37K 16 2018–2019
Cynical · Political intrigue

Criminal Justice

★ 7.8
37K 34 2019–2025
Legal · Indian TV · Tense

Behzat Ç: An Ankara Detective Story

★ 8.8
36K 105 2010–2019
Gritty · Detective mystery

The Good Fight

★ 8.3
36K 60 2017–2022
Legal · Dialogue-driven

The Deuce

★ 8.1
36K 25 2017–2019
Gritty · Big city life

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

★ 7.7
35K 4 2019–2019
True crime · Docuseries

The Capture

★ 8.0
35K 18 2019–2026
Tense · Serialized

American Vandal

★ 8.1
35K 16 2017–2018
Parody · True crime · Satirical

Lilyhammer

★ 7.9
35K 24 2012–2014
Outsider lead · Dark comedy

Escape at Dannemora

★ 7.9
34K 7 2018–2018
True crime · Naturalistic

Covert Affairs

★ 7.3
34K 75 2010–2014
Espionage · Strong female lead

Babylon Berlin

★ 8.4
34K 48 2017–2026
Period piece · Political intrigue

Death in Paradise

★ 7.8
33K 125 2011–present
Cozy · Procedural

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist

★ 7.5
33K 4 2018–2018
True crime · Docuseries

ZeroZeroZero

★ 8.1
33K 8 2019–2020
Criminal underworld

C.B. Strike

★ 7.9
33K 20 2017–present
Detective mystery · British TV

StartUp

★ 7.8
33K 30 2016–2018
Criminal underworld · Morally gray

The Fosters

★ 7.9
33K 104 2013–2018
Found family · Family saga

The Missing

★ 8.1
33K 16 2014–2016
Slow burn · Bleak
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