Top 10 crime shows with the most murders committed
| Ranking | Series | Number of Murders per Episode | Total Murder Count |
| 1 | Gotham | 13.9 | 1385 |
| 2 | Dexter | 9.6 | 920 |
| 3 | Ozark | 5.5 | 241 |
| 4 | Breaking Bad | 2.8 | 173 |
| 5 | Better Call Saul | 2.0 | 98 |
| 6 | Lucifer | 0.6 | 55 |
| 7 | Sherlock | 3.5 | 46 |
| 8 | Riverdale | 0.5 | 44 |
| 9 | Power | 0.8 | 32 |
| 10 | Peaky Blinders | 0.8 | 23 |
1. Gotham | 1,385 kills
Theslotbuzz.com can reveal that Gotham is the crime show with the highest number of murders committed, with a total of 1,385 kills. Running for a total of five seasons, this means almost 14 people are murdered per episode. Having premiered in 2014, this popular superhero crime series develops its story about Bruce Wayne before he became Batman.
2. Dexter | 920 kills
Ranking second is Dexter with 920 total murders committed, and nearly 10 kills per episode on average. Running for eight seasons since 2006, this popular series features the double life of serial killer Dexter Morgan, which wrapped up after its finale released last January.
3. Ozark | 241 kills
Netflix crime series Ozark is in third place with 241 murders committed and 5.5 murders per episode, on average. Set around the Lake of the Ozarks, this show started from a money laundering scheme which leads to the relocation of Marty Byrde and his entanglement with local criminals.
Top 10 most violent crime show characters
| Ranking | Characters | Series | Total Murder Count | Character’s total number of murders |
| 1 | Bane/Eduardo Dorrance | Gotham | 1,385 | 336 |
| 2 | Arthur Mitchell | Dexter | 920 | 279 |
| 3 | Darlene Snell | Ozark | 241 | 63 |
| 4 | Walter White | Breaking Bad | 173 | 32 |
| 5 | Marco Salamanca | Better Call Saul | 98 | 27 |
| 6 | Henry | Vincenzo | 19 | 14 |
| 7 | Jim Moriarty | Sherlock | 46 | 13 |
| 8 | Penelope Blossom | Riverdale | 44 | 10 |
| 9 | Ghost | Power | 32 | 9 |
| 10 | Tommy Shelby | Peaky Blinders | 23 | 9 |
Theslotbuzz.com found out that Eduardo Dorrance, also known as Bane, is named as the most violent crime show character of all time with 336 murders committed in the Gotham TV series. As the leading member of Delta Force and supervillain operating in Gotham City, Bane accounts for nearly 25% of all kills in the TV series.
Arthur Mitchell ranks as the second most violent crime show character, having killed a staggering 279 people in Dexter. Being the main antagonist throughout the four seasons in the series, he accounts for over 30% of all the murders in the show, almost double the 141 people killed by main character Dexter Morgan.
Coming in third place is Darlene Snell with 63 victims on the show Ozark. Although the Mexican drug cartel, Lagunas cartel, is responsible for an estimated number of 124 murders in the show, Darlene Snell is the person who single handedly killed the most in this series (26%), including the surprising murder of her husband.
Credit to https://theslotbuzz.com/ who commissioned the data and provided the above post
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