# Beckenham, Christchurch

2,667 council reports since June 2015, the 53rd busiest suburb in the city. 1,995 photographs on record.
2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 3,329 to the square kilometre across 0.7 km².

https://www.chch.live/beckenham

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Beckenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located three kilometres south of the city centre. The Heathcote River winds through this predominantly residential suburb, a section of which is often referred to locally as the "Beckenham Loop". Beckenham is bounded by Sydenham to the north, Somerfield to the west, Cashmere and Huntsbury to the south and St Martins to the east.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckenham%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$620 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $460–$658, across 12 bonds, down 5% on a year ago. That’s about **$70 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Beckenham” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $620 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,361 people and 903 occupied private households, grouped from 18 SA1 areas in Beckenham. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 20% (477 people)
- 65 and over: about 18% (432 people)
- Born overseas: about 24% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 93% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 94% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 53% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (1,995 on record)
- [40 Centaurus Road, Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/report/9084576)
- [155 Eastern Terrace, Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/report/9074465)
- [25A Eastern Terrace, Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/report/9044063)
- [49 Norwood St](https://www.chch.live/report/9041245)
- [39–53 Norwood St](https://www.chch.live/report/9032087)
- [18–22 Sloan Tce](https://www.chch.live/report/9022865)

[1,995 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=beckenham)

## The suburb, back then (26 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Beckenham demolition debris](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-64857056), 2009 · Canterbury Stories
- [Beckenham shops redevelopment](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-64857053), 2009 · Canterbury Stories
- [Demolition beside Beckenham Cycle Centre](https://www.chch.live/then/2010s#p-64857177), 2011 · Canterbury Stories
- [Demolition works at the Beckenham shops](https://www.chch.live/then/2010s#p-64857242), 2011 · Canterbury Stories
- [Former Wilhelm Arms and Optics site after demolition](https://www.chch.live/then/2010s#p-64857302), 2011 · Canterbury Stories
- [Hardings Chemists beside the Beckenham shops demolition](https://www.chch.live/then/2010s#p-64857224), 2011 · Canterbury Stories
- [Looking over Fisherton and Beckenham from Sanatorium](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-48502390), 1918 · Canterbury Stories
- [Looking across Beckenham and Spreydon from the Sanatorium](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-48502388), 1921 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Cashmere and Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791393), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Flight-Sergeant C. A. Forster, of Beckenham, Christchurch, missing on operations](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-38526239), 1943 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 16 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Beckenham
- Beckenham enters the written record in 16 July 1853, [“ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Beckenham” appears somewhere in 583 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: water supply, 8 June 2015, at 95 Fisher Ave.
- Its busiest day was 18 May 2017, 23 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Waimea Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/waimea-terrace), reported on 267 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (3,223 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Beckenham took **4 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 9 weeks or longer.
76 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 May 2022.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

**South Colombo**, a public drinking ban (at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week), covers nearly all of Beckenham.
One sensitive site stands here, Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9084576), 13 Oct 2026 · 40 Centaurus Road, “Flax overgrowing footpath. I tripped in flax in June 2026. Fell and broke three bones. If flax was growing on private…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9074465), 12 Oct 2026 · 155 Eastern Terrace, “please fix leak on berm”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9044063), 6 Oct 2026 · 25A Eastern Terrace, “traffic cones in the river”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9041245), 6 Oct 2026 · 49 Norwood St, “Traffic speed sign facing wrong direction.”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9032087), 5 Oct 2026 · 39–53 Norwood St, “The drain is very full of debris and if it rains there will be flooding.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022865), 3 Oct 2026 · 18–22 Sloan Tce, “Can’t nes in the river”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9018151), 2 Oct 2026 · 237 Waimea Terrace, “bun full”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9012460), 1 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Irrigation leak”
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011250), 1 Oct 2026 · 63 Waimea Tce, “Graffiti”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9006233), 30 Sept 2026 · 148 Fisher Avenue, “soccer goal posts knocked over at beckenham Park”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8984937), 26 Sept 2026 · 119 Eastern Tce
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8979705), 25 Sept 2026 · 119 Eastern Tce, “Dumped rubbish”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 18
- 2016, 69
- 2017, 133
- 2018, 180
- 2019, 212
- 2020, 157
- 2021, 209
- 2022, 355
- 2023, 545
- 2024, 307
- 2025, 280

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 814
- Roads & footpaths, 519
- Rubbish & dumping, 448
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 378
- Trees & parks, 373
- Everything else, 63
- Vehicles & parking, 58
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 12

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 397
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 312
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 261
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 178
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 156
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 145
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 136
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 106

## On the heritage register (1)
- [Former Beckenham Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/461), 65 Sandwich Road

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Waimea Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/waimea-terrace), reported on 267 separate days
- [Eastern Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/eastern-terrace), reported on 258 separate days
- [Fisher Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/fisher-avenue), reported on 206 separate days
- [Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/birdwood-avenue), reported on 191 separate days
- [Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/norwood-street), reported on 171 separate days
- [Palatine Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/palatine-terrace), reported on 149 separate days
- [Sandwich Road](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/sandwich-road), reported on 131 separate days
- [Malcolm Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/malcolm-avenue), reported on 128 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Full Primary · decile 8 · EQI 412
- [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Full Primary · decile 8 · EQI 397

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto) · [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (3)
- [Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 34 pieces
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1326-heathcote-riverbank-true-left), 4 ha
- [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [Beckenham Methodist Community Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/beckenham-methodist-community-church), a Methodist church · 83 Malcolm Avenue

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (5)
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 1.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 1.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-beckenham), 769 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 27.8% of this outline, about 20 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 6.4% of this outline, mostly **TC3**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 27.6% of this outline, about 20 hectares, across 6 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **3%** of this outline across **1** scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **5%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground across **4** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **17%** of it, Heathcote River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **10** classified reaches, the plan calling **Heathcote / Opawaho River** and **Sibleys Drain**
           by name, **14%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **1,091** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **13.5 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Ōpāwaho River](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/opawaho-river). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **6** inscribed plaques, [Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33683-beckenham-park) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **4** drawn instruments, 1 alcohol ban, 3 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
The files record **24** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly gravel, topsoil. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **90%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 1 assessed area here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **12** assets on this ground, 4 ramps, 3 sets of steps, 2 bridges, 1 shelter, sited at Beckenham Park, Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, St Martins Opawa Toy Library. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **8** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 tennis, 3 football, 1 cricket. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **639** living trees inside this outline, **3** veterans among them, 8 carrying a protection, mostly Oriental Plane, Ash, Cabbage tree. The file remembers **330** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **66%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **66%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 26%, Open Space Community Parks 7%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **1 hectares** of this outline, **1%** , under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **Former Beckenham Library and Setting**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 6 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.8 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (1)
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 km

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530723.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 12 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540812.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 11 July 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600711.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 14 July 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600714.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 30 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620430.2.20), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPREME COURT CASES. (Colonist, 20 October 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18771020.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Otago Daily Times. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1885. (Otago Daily Times, 29 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18850529.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1885-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOCIAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Daily Times, 04 December 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18851204.2.41), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1885-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Beckenham
- [Taraxacum seen — Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402949146), iNaturalist · reinderw, 24 Sept 2026
- [Taraxacum stenoglossum seen — Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402947368), iNaturalist · reinderw, 24 Sept 2026
- [Mallards, Pintails, and Allies seen — Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402644547), iNaturalist · simoneqdm, 23 Sept 2026
- [Mallard seen — Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402644546), iNaturalist · simoneqdm, 23 Sept 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (16 injury crashes)

16 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Eastern Terrace at Fisher Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=eastern-tce&suburb=beckenham), 4 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=beckenham)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (239 recorded victimisations)

239 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 25 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=beckenham)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (2 stops)

2 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1).
- Colombo St near Fisher Ave near Colombo St
- Colombo St near Fisher Ave near Colombo St

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (6 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-beckenham), 2
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-beckenham), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-beckenham), 1
- [Esoteric](https://www.chch.live/businesses/esoteric#in-beckenham), 1
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-beckenham), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [The Birdwood Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-eatery-beckenham), Cafés
- [The Birdwood Pizzeria](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-pizzeria-beckenham), Restaurants

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/huntsbury)
- [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins)
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/opawa)
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Beckenham with [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=huntsbury) · [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=saint-martins) · [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=cashmere) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=somerfield) · [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=opawa) · [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=sydenham), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Beckenham?**

Beckenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located three kilometres south of the city centre. The public record holds 2,667 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Beckenham?**

2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 3,329 per square kilometre across 0.7 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Beckenham?**

About 2,361 people and 903 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Beckenham?**

2,667 reports on record, most often water & drains (814), roads & footpaths (519), rubbish & dumping (448). 261 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Beckenham had?**

16 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=beckenham)

**What schools are in Beckenham?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto, St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Beckenham · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Beckenham