saibal chatterjee of ndtv called the series "grim, gritty and grounded in the everyday." he further wrote: ""delhi crime" is a knockout punch of a series: unsettling and enthralling by turns." piyasree dasgupta of "huffpost" noted that the series "comes across as such an elaborate exercise to valorise the delhi police that it actually seems deeply insensitive." she also said that the "only people the show humanises are the police." rahul desai of film companion wrote: "it’s the tiny infusions of well-informed opinion into what is essentially dramatic long-read reportage that make "delhi crime" one hell of a ride." rohan naahar of "hindustan times" called it: " gut-wrenching, stylishly directed, passionately performed, and most important, not at all exploitative." avinash ramachandran of "the new indian express – cinema express" in his review wrote: "delhi crime might be a glorification of the police force, but it is also a mirror to our society. it might absolve the delhi police of its alleged dereliction of duties, but it is also a reminder that we vouched, and hoped, for a similar incident to never happen again."