| FARGO | Crime drama set in the Midwest |
| OZARK | Netflix crime drama set in the Midwest |
| GUNMAN | Sean Penn crime drama set in the Congo, The ... (6) |
| VERA | Crime drama set in the north-east with Brenda Blethyn in overalls (4) |
| EMPIRE | Boardwalk _, US crime drama set in the 1920s (6) |
| SARAHPLAINANDTALL | Patricia MacLachlan's book about the Witting family, set in the Midwest of the late 19th century |
| YEAR | Oscar Isaac crime drama set in NYC in the '80s, A Most Violent ___ |
| BYNIGHT | Crime drama set in Florida during the Prohibition, Live ___ |
| ARGO | Best Picture winner whose name rhymes with a Coen brothers film set in the Midwest |
| PEAKY | --- Blinders, TV crime drama set in Birmingham after the First World War (5) |
| LAKE | BBC2 crime drama set in New Zealand, Top of the ---- (4) |
| CSI | Former CBS crime drama set in Las Vegas |
| THEWIRE | 2000s crime drama set in Baltimore |
| TWINPEAKS | Cult TV crime drama set in Washington state, USA |
| LIVE | Crime drama set in Florida during Prohibition, ___ by Night |
| CASINO | Scorsese crime drama set in Las Vegas (6) |
| NIGHT | Crime drama set in Florida during Prohibition, Live by ___ |
| SHERWOOD | David Morrissey crime drama set in Nottinghamshire (8) |
| VIRDEE | New BBC crime drama set in Bradford (6) |
| RIPPERSTREET | 2010s crime drama set in Whitechapel (6,6) |
