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A town of 5,792 in Derbyshire, East Midlands.
Creswell grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 16% of UK towns, and #53 of 59 in Derbyshire. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £155,000, 3.6 years of area income; rent £706 a month. Its weakest is health (D−): life expectancy 75.4 for men, 77.7 for women.
The 3 things Creswell does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Creswell is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Creswell’s built-up area.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Creswell.
That puts Creswell above both Derbyshire’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Women here live to 77.7 on average and men to 75.4 (2019–23). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Creswell | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9.2% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creswell CofE Controlled Infant and NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 252 | – |
On this, Creswell is above both Derbyshire’s towns (25.6) and England’s towns (22). Burglary and damage come to 18 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 653 crimes inside Creswell’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 144 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
In the comparison, Creswell comes below both Derbyshire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%). 21% of households live in social housing. Creswell is the second cheapest of the 59 towns in Derbyshire, at £155,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £235,000 | 68 |
| Semi-detached | £157,500 | 91 |
| Terraced | £98,227 | 84 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For Creswell, that is above both Derbyshire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (16%). Creswell has 5 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Creswell sits below both Derbyshire’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%) on this measure. At the census, 13% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9% of the town, close to Derbyshire’s towns (11%) and below England’s towns (12%). Half the people of Creswell are older than 38.9.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Creswell | Derbyshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Creswell. Best known first.
Art galleryHarley Gallery and Foundation1.9 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteCreswell Crags400 m outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumCreswell Crags Museum and Heritage Centre800 m outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumLangwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre2.6 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 listed buildings in Creswell.
Creswell Junior School: Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · War Memorial: Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Creswell.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creswell | 5,792 | — | C− | B+ | D | D− |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 1.6 | C | B+ | C | D |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 1.9 | C | B+ | C− | C− |
| Langwith | 3,009 | 2.5 | D− | B+ | C− | D− |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 3.1 | C+ | B | C+ | C |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 3.5 | D | B | D | D |
| Shirebrook | 11,571 | 3.9 | D | B+ | D | D− |
| Church Warsop | 2,139 | 4.2 | — | C+ | C+ | D |
Church Warsop has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 94% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Police recorded 653 crimes inside Creswell’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 46% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Band D council tax in Creswell is £2,883 for 2026–27, more than in almost all of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £155,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £98,227, semi-detached houses £157,500 and detached houses £235,000.
Town in Derbyshire, England
Creswell is a built-up area of 5,792 people, in the Bolsover council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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