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Best Crime TV Series of the 2020s

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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Woman of the Dead

★ 6.8
9K 12 2022–present
Revenge · Strong female lead

Fear City: New York vs the Mafia

★ 7.1
9K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

The Tower

★ 7.0
9K 11 2021–2024
Detective mystery · British TV

Esref Rüya

★ 6.8
9K 47 2025–2026
Turkish drama

Quiz

★ 7.3
9K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Event miniseries

The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman

★ 6.9
9K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

Found

★ 6.8
9K 35 2023–2025
Strong female lead

Kaalkoot

★ 7.8
9K 8 2023–present
Indian TV · Detective mystery

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

★ 5.9
9K 4 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

This Is the Zodiac Speaking

★ 7.2
9K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

The Most Hated Man on the Internet

★ 6.8
9K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

The Sixth Commandment

★ 7.7
9K 4 2023–2023
True crime · Tight limited run

American Murder: Laci Peterson

★ 7.0
9K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

Monsieur Spade

★ 6.8
9K 6 2024–2024
Detective mystery · Period piece

The Asset

★ 7.0
9K 8 2025–present
Tense · Tight limited run

The Investigation

★ 7.5
9K 6 2020–2020
Nordic noir · Tight limited run

Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

★ 7.4
9K 8 2025–2025
True crime · Disturbing

Graveyard

★ 7.4
9K 20 2022–2026
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

My Name Is Farah

★ 6.0
9K 27 2023–2023
Strong female lead · Turkish drama

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

★ 7.7
9K 50 2021–2026
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Black Warrant

★ 7.9
9K 8 2025–present
Gritty · Indian TV · Dark tone

The Chelsea Detective

★ 7.4
9K 15 2022–present
Detective mystery · Procedural

Ninja Kamui

★ 7.0
9K 13 2024–2024
Revenge · Graphic violence

Dark 7 White

★ 6.4
9K 10 2020–present
Indian TV · Criminal underworld
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