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Top 500 most popular Crime series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Aranyak

★ 7.7
12K 8 2021–present
Small town · Indian TV

The Ripper

★ 7.1
12K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

★ 7.3
12K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing

Grotesquerie

★ 6.1
12K 10 2024–2024
Disturbing · Unreliable narrator

Mr. McMahon

★ 7.7
12K 6 2024–2024
Docuseries

NCIS: Hawai'i

★ 6.8
12K 54 2021–2024
Procedural · Easy watching

56 Days

★ 6.7
12K 8 2026–present
Tense · Secrets & lies

Suspicion

★ 6.2
12K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Flesh

★ 5.1
12K 9 2020–2020
Crime · Thriller

American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden

★ 7.7
12K 3 2025–2025
Docuseries · Real history

Cape Fear

★ 6.8
12K 10 2026–present
Revenge · Tense · Dark tone

Suzhal - The Vortex

★ 8.1
12K 16 2022–present
Secrets & lies · Small town

Panic

★ 6.6
12K 10 2021–2021
Young adult · Small town

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

★ 6.1
12K 10 2020–2020
Atmospheric · Period piece

Deadwater Fell

★ 6.5
12K 4 2020–2020
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

★ 7.0
12K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Grace

★ 7.4
11K 24 2021–present
Detective mystery · British TV

Scam 2003 - The Telgi Story

★ 7.9
11K 10 2023–2023
Indian TV · Heists & cons

CSI: Vegas

★ 7.4
11K 41 2021–2024
Procedural · Detective mystery

The Long Shadow

★ 7.7
11K 7 2023–2023
True crime · Gritty

The Snow Girl

★ 6.8
11K 12 2023–2025
Secrets & lies · Dark tone

Trigger Point

★ 6.7
11K 24 2022–present
Tense · Adrenaline · British TV

Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega

★ 7.3
11K 18 2020–present
Heists & cons · Indian TV · Gritty

Mercy for None

★ 7.5
11K 7 2025–2025
Revenge · Criminal underworld
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