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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)

Snabba Cash

★ 7.6
14K 12 2021–2022
Criminal underworld · Class divide

Freud

★ 6.5
14K 8 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

Unsolved Mysteries

★ 7.3
14K 30 2020–present
True crime · Docuseries

Miss Scarlet

★ 7.7
14K 42 2020–2027
Detective mystery · Period piece

On Call

★ 7.5
14K 8 2025–2025
Procedural · Gritty · Tense

Cat

★ 8.1
14K 8 2022–present
Tight limited run · Tense

Not Me

★ 8.5
14K 14 2021–2022
Queer stories · Revenge

London Files

★ 7.1
14K 6 2022–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Murder Mindfully

★ 7.4
14K 17 2024–present
Dark comedy · Antihero lead

Man on Fire

★ 6.7
14K 7 2026–present
Revenge · Graphic violence

Home Before Dark

★ 7.4
13K 20 2020–2021
Child's perspective · Small town

FBI: Most Wanted

★ 6.9
13K 108 2020–2025
Procedural · Episodic · Fast-paced

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

★ 7.4
13K 4 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

The Murders at White House Farm

★ 7.4
13K 6 2020–2020
True crime · British TV

Florida Man

★ 6.7
13K 7 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

Sherwood

★ 7.4
13K 12 2022–present
British TV · Class divide

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

★ 6.8
13K 6 2023–2023
True crime · Docuseries

Worst Roommate Ever

★ 7.1
13K 10 2022–2024
True crime · Docuseries

American Rust

★ 7.3
13K 19 2021–2024
Working class · Gritty · Slow burn

Shekhar Home

★ 7.9
13K 6 2024–present
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Maestro

★ 8.1
13K 20 2022–2026
Criminal underworld · Morally gray

Power Book IV: Force

★ 8.1
13K 30 2022–2025
Criminal underworld

The Pembrokeshire Murders

★ 7.1
13K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Detective mystery

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

★ 7.5
13K 5 2024–2024
Disturbing · Docuseries
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