Trending Crime TV Shows
The most popular crime tv shows streaming right now — detective stories, heists, courtroom drama, and criminal underworlds. Updated May 17, 2026.
Crime TV series are among streaming's most reliable crowd-pleasers. The genre's inherent suspense — who did it, will they get caught, what happens next — makes crime shows irresistibly bingeable. Streaming platforms have expanded the genre far beyond traditional police procedurals to include complex character studies of criminals, investigative journalism dramas, legal thrillers, and true-crime-inspired fiction. The trending crime shows right now represent the genre's remarkable breadth and depth.
Top 10 Crime TV Shows Right Now
Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine
Hungry for a new heist, Berlin summons the gang to Seville and turns an ambitious duke into the victim of his own plan: to steal a da Vinci masterpiece.
Nemesis
A relentless LAPD cop becomes obsessed with taking down the master thief behind a string of daring heists — and only one can come out on top.
Born with Luck
Zhang Yi'ang, a veteran detective, is sent to Sanjiangkou to investigate a case but soon finds himself caught in a web of crime and corruption. While pursuing a powerful criminal network, he unexpecte...
Daredevil: Born Again
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities, is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When t...
Legends
As drugs flood the streets of '90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it.
Citadel
What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn't know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they're called back to action as s...
The Rookie
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skep...
Legends
As drugs flood the streets of '90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it.
The Chestnut Man
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
Marshals
With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates m...
Why Stream Crime TV Shows?
Streaming elevated crime TV from formulaic procedurals to prestige storytelling. While broadcast networks still produce case-of-the-week shows, streaming platforms focus on serialized crime narratives where mysteries unfold across entire seasons. This format allows for more complex plots, morally ambiguous characters, and surprising revelations that would be impossible in a 42-minute episodic format. International crime series — particularly Scandinavian noir, British detective dramas, and Korean thrillers — have also found huge audiences through streaming's global distribution.
How to Pick Your Next Crime Show
Crime TV offers several distinct flavors, so knowing your preference helps. "Whodunit" mystery series reward careful attention to clues. Character-driven crime dramas (think Breaking Bad, Ozark) focus on how ordinary people enter criminal worlds. True crime adaptations satisfy fans of real-world cases. For the best crime TV experience, avoid reading episode summaries — the genre lives and dies by its surprises. If you've exhausted English-language crime shows, Scandinavian and Korean crime series consistently offer the freshest storytelling.
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