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What are crime dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like crime.

Crime in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.5% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 200 dreams.

What are the major highlights of crime dreams?

Crime is a normal dream symbol. Having crime in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Dreams of crime are aggressive

Crime dreams have more aggressive interactions than a lot of other dream symbols. This doesn't mean that all crime have aggressive interactions or only aggressive interactions. It simply means that having crime in a dream increases the probability this dream contains aggression. Other symbols that are like this include opening, boars, fingerprints, friendly interactions, molesting, bathroom stalls, insanity, different roles, tools, and burying.

Dreams with crime might be a nightmare

Dreams of crime are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain crime might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with crime are not nightmares. But, dreams of crime are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include body parts, false awakening, abusing, horrors, unpleasantness, car crashes, other fantastic beings, opening, turning, and blood.

Crime dreams might be about death

Dreams that contain crime are highly related to death. They are more related to death than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include Kuwait, infecting, purgatory, quicksand, terrorists, grandfathers, knives, killing, apocalypses, and grandmothers.

What symbols less present in dreams of crime?

How does the dream symbol of crime affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of crime

Who is in crime dreams?

Overall, dreams with crime are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are much more related to different roles and much more related to distant people than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

Animals

less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

much more than usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

much more than usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

the same as usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in crime dreams?

Overall, dreams with crime are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are more related to embarrassment, more related to fear, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to pain.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

more than usual

Love

less than usual
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Who is in crime dreams?

Overall, dreams with crime are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are much more related to work, more related to human places, and more related to transportation than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

Home

the same as usual

Work

much more than usual

Human places

more than usual

Transportation

more than usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in crime dreams?

Overall, dreams with crime are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are much more related to aggressive interactions and more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions.

Aggressive interactions

much more than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do crime in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with crime are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are more related to nightmares than dreams in general. They are less related to sleep paralysis, less related to sleeping, and less related to waking life.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

less than usual

Waking life

less than usual
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How do crime in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with crime are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of crime are less related to taste, less related to vision, and less related to touch.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of crime in dreams?

Crime dreams are very uncommon. Among other things crime dreams are normally interconnect, aggressive, nightmare, and about death.

Do you think this is true for your dream of crime? How might your dream of crime be different?

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience crime in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about crime in dreams. See how you feel about crime now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of crime?

Dreams create symbolism by making comparisons, and a crime can compare with something that’s wrong or unfair. Think of times when you might say, “That’s a crime,” but it’s not illegal. It’s a crime that you didn’t get a job promotion, or didn’t get accepted into graduate school, or your mate cheated. Crime is equated with feeling cheated, wronged, unlucky, or unjustly denied.

Or you’re tempting fate. If you’re caught doing whatever is symbolized as a crime, it’s big trouble.

A crime can be an exaggeration of breaking a rule or regulation—or breaking a law, but crime is usually symbolic in a dream.

Crime can be a way of connecting with feelings of guilt, fear, sneakiness, or indifference.

Dreaming about yourself as a criminal can connect with taking shortcuts or selling yourself short. In some way, the image fits. Or you are envious of what someone else has and are unwilling to get it for yourself the right way, an attitude commonly associated with criminals.

See also: Accomplices, Arresting, Bandits, Burglary, Infidelity, Courts, Detectives, Drugs, Executing, Fugitives, Guilty, Jails, Judges, Killing, Killing, Prisoners, Thieves

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet.

Examples of dreams of crime

Read some real dream reports of crime dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

Embarrassed myself while sleeping in the plane :(

So today I slept for like 4 hours in a flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam and I had a dream where a friend of mine suddenly had the ability to read other people's minds and check if they were lying... by putting his hands into their pants...

In the dream he was widely known for this abillity and was repeatedly hired by law enforcement to solve crimes. Further out in the dream he bragged about it in front of me and his other friends.

I joked and said: as long as you don't put your hands in my pants lol. The problem? I said it out loud...

So everyone from flight MU771 today who was speaking dutch and heard it, sorry!

So today I slept for like 4 hours in a flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam and I had a dream where a friend of mine suddenly had the ability to read other...

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Recurring Dream About Problematic Skeletal Justice in the Other World

I was a clerk or trainee lawyer at a law firm. There was candle wax dripping on the floor. Very scholarly place. Maybe there was a globe. I was taken through a secret passage under a mat beneath the table and my legs were really achy and tired and I was told my three women that there was a problem no one was admitting to in the world. It involved the fact that people could not die anymore. A cure all medicine had been discovered and people were taking it and just not getting ill or killing each other perfect. No hate in the world. Perfect. But not so perfect was the fact that a side effect of the medicine was that each night you fell into a deep sleep and your skeleton came away from your body almost completely bloodlessly and was really brought to life. With a life of their own skeletons wreaked havoc some were good and some were bad some stole and set suburban houses on fire some were involved in government corruption and violent crimes. People woke up maybe feeling slightly achy but ok though they woke to disaster. The skeletons were drawn back each night to the warmth of humans and something that got repeated a lot was that they felt the cold. But of course the problem was if you arrest a skeleton then you have to arrest the human too. I mean too long apart could disable or kill a person and make their life difficult like obviously no walking or standing up without prompts. So what do you do when a criminal occupies the same space and body as an innocent? The three elders said they were off to make lunch in a grandfather clock and were quite mocking about how tasty lettuce and tomato and mayonnaise was (no bacon though, pork was banned) and how I could have none of it. It was prohibited and reaching some kind of alternative dispute resolution with the skeletons was now on my watch. Then they waved a fob watch like a hypnotist in my face and waved their hands and said “ooh!” They left me with a broom and a soggy paper brown bag for lunch which had two bones of a rib cage in. I found that really insulting and I said shut up what you have done here is degrading so I will leave after all. I tripped up on the door and it was quite embracing.

I felt guilty about my own prejudice because I probably said I hate darn skeletons they’re all tricks and liars...

I was a clerk or trainee lawyer at a law firm. There was candle wax dripping on the floor. Very scholarly place. Maybe there was a globe. I was taken through a...

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I dreamt that I was a serial killer

I dreamt that I was me (f27) and that I was a serial killer that murdered people of a similar age for me.
It was usually in a very bloody fashion; spurts of blood would fly out and cover the walls but the method was different each time.

For example, during one murder in a Chinese restaurant, I turned into a tiger and attacked three victims subsequently killing them. This was the only murder I could remember clearly.

The weirdest part was when the police were closing in on me. They seemed to be so close to capturing me but my biggest (and only) worry was not being able to turn in my art project as a fine art student. This was because I had been painting my crime scenes (before the murders) in a large sketchbook. They were extremely detailed and beautiful paintings and I was so annoyed that handing in this amazing portfolio of urban landscapes might get me arrested. I wasn’t worried, I was annoyed! Me in the dream was so nonchalant and casual about my crime. I was so irritated by everyone and the fact I may have to redo my art, particularly the painting of the Chinese restaurant. I had painted the paintings on the walls so it kind of felt like painting inception.

I decided to hand the portfolio in anyway as I thought to myself, I would rather not waste my time creating another one. Jail would be better. That was when I woke up and was me again.

I dreamt that I was me (f27) and that I was a serial killer that murdered people of a similar age for me.
It was usually in a very bloody fashion; spurts of...

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Please help me interpret this horrible nightmare (warning: graphic) I haven't been able to relax since I woke up from it

For background: I'm a 22yr old woman, I'm single, I've no children, and I live with my mom and our 2 dogs (I'm obsessed with true horror stories though, which I'm sure spurred at least part of this nightmare)

The nightmare: I wake up in bed. I'm not sure what woke me. I turn to my husband. He's looking at me, confused. We hear bloodcurdling screaming. It's coming from our infant son's room. There's something wrong about this scream, it's not a normal food/diaper change scream. We jump out of bed. We're running down the hall. I reach the door first. I look in. I see our daughter, a toddler, in our son's crib. She's raping him. I gasp and start crying. I fall away from the door. My husband rushes in. He pulls her off of him. Our son dies from the physical trauma. The dream blurs and changes slightly. I'm now sitting on a chair. My husband is kneeling in front of me. Time has passed, but not much. Our daughter is nowhere to be seen. I look at my husband. I say "I don't know how I can face her..." referring to our daughter.

Then I wake up.

Please, for the love of all that is holy, I need help interpreting this, because I'm at an absolute loss. I know I need to take a break from watching true crime/horror stories on YouTube for awhile (I was/am fascinated by cold cases and serial killers and the like, but had already been stepping back from that content to give my mind a break, the most "violent" media ice consumed in the last week is Hollow Knight and The Rocky Horror Picture Show...)

I've honestly never been more relieved to wake up from a nightmare, though, I'll tell you that...

For background: I'm a 22yr old woman, I'm single, I've no children, and I live with my mom and our 2 dogs (I'm obsessed with true horror stories though, which...

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Dreamt about killing and cooking siblings into a curry :’(

I’ve (26F) been watching true crime since a couple of months now and I admit maybe the dream was because of this..

Onto the dream. I was basically living in this American household where my dad and mom were divorced and my mom left me to take care of her two kids a son and a daughter. Both were away for business so I was looking after them.

I think at some point I got irritated by them and killed them. I didn’t see this part but I jumped to the part of cooking in the kitchen with meat which I knew was theirs.. I waited till the water boiled and carried out the cooking as if it was super normal. After making the curry I sat in the living room sobbing and scared about jail and my parents and why I did it. Like wtf.

Then dad came home and I thought oh so it was my dream and I didn’t kill my siblings.. but then he goes to the kitchen and uncovers a pot of curry and asks me about it saying it smells funny. I say it’s old and immediately throw it all away thinking I’m about to get caught.

I woke up screaming because it was so horrifying for me. I thought it was all real and was so confused and scared when I woke up that I killed someone..
I wonder if this dream means something or if it’s just a projection of all the true crime stuff I watch.

I’ve (26F) been watching true crime since a couple of months now and I admit maybe the dream was because of this..

Onto the dream. I was basically living in...

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