A body has been found in a creek beside a busy Westfield shopping centre in Brisbane as police declare a crime scene. 

The body was pulled from Downfall Creek along Murphy Road, near a Westfield shopping centre at Chermside, at about 11:30am on Thursday morning. 

Construction workers at a building site beside the creek were seen speaking with police at the scene, the Courier Mail reports. 

A Queensland Police spokeswoman said the deceased was an older man.

‘A member of the public called it in to us,’ she said.

‘The area has now been declared a crime scene.’

The body was pulled from Downfall Creek on Murphy Road, near a Westfield shopping centre at Chermside, at about 11:30am on Thursday (pictured, emergency services at the scene)

Images from the scene show a team of firefighters in lifejackets standing beside the creek as well as plain-clothed detectives and paramedics. 

Police are treating the death as non-suspicious and are investigating several lines of inquiry, including whether the fatality is health related. 

Members of the public have been urged to avoid the area. 

A report will be prepared for the coroner.  

A police officer was seen cordoning off the area with tape as investigations got underway