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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

NCIS: Origins

★ 7.5
7K 39 2024–present
Procedural

Bet

★ 6.5
7K 20 2025–present
Criminal underworld · Mystery box

Gone for Good

★ 6.3
7K 5 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Ek Thi Begum

★ 8.1
7K 26 2020–2020
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter

★ 7.5
7K 7 2025–2025
Indian TV · Criminal underworld

The Nurse

★ 6.9
6K 4 2023–2023
True crime · Tight limited run

Tunna blå linjen

★ 8.0
6K 24 2021–present
Nordic noir · Gritty

Revival

★ 6.6
6K 10 2025–present
Small town · Supernatural

Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke

★ 7.3
6K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Van der Valk

★ 7.0
6K 12 2020–2024
Detective mystery · Procedural

The Helicopter Heist

★ 7.4
6K 8 2024–2024
Heists & cons · Tight limited run

Muted

★ 5.6
6K 6 2023–2023
Tight limited run

Deputy

★ 6.5
6K 14 2020–2020
Gritty

The Jetty

★ 6.4
6K 4 2024–2024
British TV · Tight limited run

Next

★ 6.7
6K 10 2020–2020
Near-future tech · Serialized

Scoop

★ 7.5
6K 6 2023–present
Royalty & aristocracy

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer

★ 7.1
6K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Catching Killers

★ 7.2
6K 12 2021–2023
True crime · Docuseries

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

★ 7.1
6K 4 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

The Devil Judge

★ 8.2
6K 16 2021–2021
Dark tone · Legal · K-drama

The Frog

★ 6.8
6K 8 2024–2024
Tense · Secrets & lies · Dark tone

Four Lives

★ 7.4
6K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story

★ 6.6
6K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Disturbing · Bleak

Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector

★ 6.8
6K 10 2020–2020
Detective mystery · Tense
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