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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)

Boy Swallows Universe

★ 7.9
23K 7 2024–2024
Child's perspective

Stargirl

★ 7.1
22K 39 2020–2022
Young adult · Found family

True Story

★ 7.4
22K 7 2021–2021
Tense · Secrets & lies · Dark tone

Justified: City Primeval

★ 7.3
22K 8 2023–2023
Dialogue-driven

Under the Bridge

★ 7.2
22K 8 2024–2024
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

★ 6.0
22K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Crackdown

★ 7.3
21K 16 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

The Madness

★ 6.4
21K 8 2024–2024
Serialized · Tense

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

★ 7.3
21K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

The Equalizer

★ 5.6
21K 74 2021–2025
Procedural · Strong female lead

Landscapers

★ 7.0
20K 4 2021–2021
Central duo · Character study

The Outlaws

★ 7.7
20K 17 2021–present
British TV · Ensemble cast

Bicchoo Ka Khel

★ 7.0
20K 9 2020–present
Revenge · Indian TV · Serialized

Guns & Gulaabs

★ 7.7
20K 8 2023–present
Indian TV · Criminal underworld

White Lines

★ 6.6
20K 10 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Flower of Evil

★ 8.5
20K 16 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · K-drama

Mouse

★ 8.6
19K 22 2021–2021
K-drama · Tense · Dark tone

The Artful Dodger

★ 8.0
19K 16 2023–present
Period piece · Antihero lead

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

★ 7.3
19K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · Faith & religion

Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story

★ 8.2
19K 4 2021–2021
Espionage · Indian TV

Kin

★ 7.9
19K 17 2021–2023
Criminal underworld · Family saga

Elsbeth

★ 7.5
19K 55 2024–present
Detective mystery · Procedural

Dr. Death

★ 7.6
19K 16 2021–2023
Medical · True crime · Disturbing

Scarpetta

★ 6.0
19K 16 2026–present
Detective mystery
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