# 160 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

35 reports on record since May 2017 · 22 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 7
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 2
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2

## Reported here
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/6746343), 14 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6318078), 11 May 2025
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6300949), 7 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6136911), 4 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5744009), 23 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5738177), 22 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5738174), 22 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379740), 8 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379736), 8 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379734), 8 Nov 2024

## Photographed here (22 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6318078), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06318078/public/1_r0t1j87mn7v.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6300949), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06300949/public/1_5u59nfu3wq5q.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6136911), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06136911/public/1_2lmzs17ae1xo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5744009), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05744009/public/1_zu7pfipegsms.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5738177), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05738177/public/1_fhn2uwooo5b.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5738174), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05738174/public/1_jz0oux20hne.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379740), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05379740/public/1_yj1xh80hfvl8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379736), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05379736/public/1_ejotcm50xao.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5379734), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05379734/public/1_hg1uhl0inye.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5296208), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05296208/public/1_93qcw7c6gpbi.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5296201), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05296201/public/1_zbnkry9axcc5.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5034837), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05034837/public/1_qxkpmep8m4fo.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Madras Street
- [153 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-madras-street), 73 reports
- [169 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/169-madras-street), 50 reports
- [145 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/145-madras-street), 49 reports
- [282 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-madras-street), 37 reports
- [163 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-madras-street), 32 reports
- [281 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street), 30 reports
- [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street), 28 reports
- [264 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/264-madras-street), 27 reports
- [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6429&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6429&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6429&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6429&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Zaytun](https://www.chch.live/business/zaytun-christchurch-central-city), 38 m away · Fast food
- [Flux - Boxed Quarter](https://www.chch.live/business/flux-boxed-quarter-christchurch-central-city), 40 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Monotone](https://www.chch.live/business/monotone-christchurch-central-city), 41 m away · Clothing
- [Artbox at Ara - Project Hub](https://www.chch.live/business/artbox-at-ara-project-hub-christchurch-central-city), 42 m away · Galleries

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Madras St near Southwark St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52943), 37 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Ara Institute](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=36051), 103 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 249 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, 129 High Street
*86 m away · 1/129 High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/503)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings
*126 m away · 147 High Street · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/549)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1864

## What was here, 319 St Asaph Street
*192 m away · 319 St Asaph Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/529)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites
*211 m away · 181 High Street · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/431)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1909

## The green nearby
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 13 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 333 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 371 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 398 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 432 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 94 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 45 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 165 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 264 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 350 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 160 Madras Street?**

35 council reports on record since May 2017, most often graffiti (9), graffiti somewhere else (7), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (6).

**Which suburb is 160 Madras Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street).

**What stood at 160 Madras Street before?**

The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [129 High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/503), [Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/549).

**What is the nearest park to 160 Madras Street?**

[Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 13 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=160-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
