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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)

Bloodhounds

★ 8.2
31K 15 2023–2026
K-drama · Adrenaline

Tracker

★ 7.2
31K 56 2024–present
Procedural · Easy watching

Will Trent

★ 7.7
30K 60 2023–present
Procedural · Detective mystery

Reservation Dogs

★ 8.3
29K 28 2021–2023
Friendship · Coming of age

Candy

★ 7.1
28K 5 2022–2022
Suburban underbelly · True crime

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

★ 6.8
28K 16 2024–present
Young adult · Detective mystery

Big Sky

★ 6.8
28K 47 2020–2023
Detective mystery

Illegal - Justice, Out of Order

★ 6.8
27K 26 2020–2024
Legal · Social commentary

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

★ 6.2
27K 3 2026–2026
Detective mystery · Period piece

Run Away

★ 6.9
27K 8 2026–2026
Tense · Secrets & lies

Missing You

★ 6.1
25K 5 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Sunflower

★ 7.4
25K 16 2021–present
Indian TV · Dark comedy

The Afterparty

★ 7.3
25K 18 2022–2023
Detective mystery · Puzzle plot

Des

★ 7.6
25K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Disturbing

Legends

★ 7.8
25K 6 2026–present
Crime · Drama

Ballard

★ 7.5
25K 11 2025–present
Detective mystery · Procedural

Caliphate

★ 8.2
25K 8 2020–2020
Tense · Dark tone

American Nightmare

★ 7.5
25K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

Detective Hole

★ 7.6
25K 9 2026–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Shining Girls

★ 7.4
24K 8 2022–2022
Unreliable narrator · Puzzle plot

Who Is Erin Carter?

★ 6.5
24K 7 2023–2023
Secrets & lies · Fast-paced

Ludwig

★ 8.1
23K 18 2024–present
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Blue Lights

★ 8.2
23K 19 2023–present
Gritty · Criminal underworld

Leverage: Redemption

★ 8.1
23K 39 2021–2025
Heists & cons · Found family
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