# Cracroft, Christchurch

1,023 council reports since June 2015, the 76th busiest suburb in the city. 845 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/cracroft

## 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/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Cracroft is a south-west suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracroft%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$713 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $575–$768, across 12 bonds, up 30% on a year ago. That’s about **$163 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Cashmere East area, which takes in this coast with its neighbours.
- 1-bedroom house, $700 a week · 9 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $728 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 3,540 people and 1,311 occupied private households, grouped from 23 SA1 areas in Cashmere East. Nearby statistical areas stand in for this place, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 19% (690 people)
- 65 and over: about 19% (657 people)
- Born overseas: about 28% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 91% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 92% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 68% 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 (845 on record)
- [38–40 Hurunui St](https://www.chch.live/report/9070078)
- [31 Long Acre Drive, Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/report/9059276)
- [6 Caro Lane, Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/report/9052435)
- [6 Betty Roberts Ln](https://www.chch.live/report/9031948)
- [20 Worsleys Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9029717)
- [Worsleys Reserve 7B Worsleys Road, Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/report/9022294)

[845 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=cracroft)

## The suburb, back then (2 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.*
- [Lieutenant A Cracroft-Wilson of Christchurch, died of wounds](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43245331), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [The Old Stone House at Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-48594766), 1930 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Cracroft
- Cracroft enters the written record in 20 May 1854, [“Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1854)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540520.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Cracroft” appears somewhere in 249 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 10 June 2015, at 17 Waipara St.
- Its busiest day was 13 April 2016, 10 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Worsleys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/worsleys-road), reported on 311 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 (1,577 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Cracroft took **6 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 3 months or longer.
79 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 26 May 2021.

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).

## Lately
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9070078), 11 Oct 2026 · 38–40 Hurunui St, “Storm water drain pouring water out of it”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9059276), 9 Oct 2026 · 31 Long Acre Drive, “drains in the street and in the reserve are blocked and not draining away”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9052435), 8 Oct 2026 · 6 Caro Lane, “someone has driven a ute into the basin area and got it stuck in the drain in worsleys basin”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9031948), 5 Oct 2026 · 6 Betty Roberts Ln, “Rubbish dumped again in same place. Probably the same person as first time as car parts. Inside bag is a nice hand…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9029717), 4 Oct 2026 · 20 Worsleys Rd, “Dead kowhai tree that could fall on park bench. Best to remove it.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022294), 3 Oct 2026 · Worsleys Reserve 7B Worsleys Road, “someone has dumped some tyes at the side of the road near the bridge”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9022217), 3 Oct 2026 · Worsleys Reserve 7B Worsleys Road, “this tree which next to the Worsleys Reserve sign seems to have a dead or rotting limb. its quite near the road. I…”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9017189), 2 Oct 2026 · 3 Worsleys Road, “dead possum”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9016869), 2 Oct 2026 · 2 Betty Roberts Ln, “Hi looks like something has burst loads of water just pouring across the drive. Black box thing in grass looks where…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8998673), 29 Sept 2026 · 44 Worsleys Road, “A stolen car did burnouts on the newly sealed road at Worsleys Rd. It looks like it has damaged the new seal It was…”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8993783), 28 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “Post holding the sign broken at ground level”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8957083), 21 Sept 2026 · 263–311 Worsleys Rd, “A pothole in the middle of the road on the new seal has developed and is getting bigger - outside 319 Worsleys Road”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 7
- 2016, 29
- 2017, 30
- 2018, 50
- 2019, 79
- 2020, 66
- 2021, 101
- 2022, 105
- 2023, 108
- 2024, 163
- 2025, 174

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 254
- Water & drains, 232
- Roads & footpaths, 225
- Rubbish & dumping, 176
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 57
- Vehicles & parking, 31
- Everything else, 31
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 15

## Exactly what people say
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 111
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 110
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 86
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 70
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 65
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 52
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 49
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 42

## On the heritage register (2)
- [Clacroft Caverns](https://www.chch.live/place/526), 18 Delhi Place
- [Former Cashmere Servants' Quarters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/219), 30 Shalamar Drive

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Worsleys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/worsleys-road), reported on 311 separate days
- [Waipara Street](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/waipara-street), reported on 43 separate days
- [Waiau Street](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/waiau-street), reported on 35 separate days
- [Dalweny Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/dalweny-lane), reported on 27 separate days
- [Hurunui Street](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/hurunui-street), reported on 26 separate days
- [Steve Askin Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/steve-askin-drive), reported on 24 separate days
- [Bridgemere Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/bridgemere-lane), reported on 20 separate days
- [McVicar Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/cracroft/mcvicar-drive), reported on 14 separate days

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · and 6 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (5)
- [Westmorland East Valley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1884-westmorland-east-valley-reserve), 12 ha
- [Cashmere Stream Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1892-cashmere-stream-esplanade-reserve), 5 ha
- [Worsleys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1175-worsleys-reserve)
- [Waipara Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1161-waipara-playground), playground, 24 pieces
- [Holmcroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1044-holmcroft-reserve), Botanic

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

## The tracks through here (2)
- [Walk and bike track through Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-402-cashmere), 2.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), 2.6 km · 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 0.8% of this outline. 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 flood record drew water over 29.5% of this outline, about 80 hectares, across 1 named event. 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 slope-hazard bands cover **4%** of this outline, about 10 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **61%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **26%** of this outline, about 69 hectares 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 **15%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 40 hectares across **3** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **25%** of it, Heathcote River. **9** ponding spots are mapped here, where the models expect water to sit. 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, **23** classified reaches, the plan calling **Cashmere Valley Drain** and **Worsleys Drain**
           by name, **10%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. 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 **382** photographs on this ground, 2011–2013, 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, **2.4 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. 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, **5** inscribed plaques, [Holmcroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35677-holmcroft-reserve), [Cashmere Stream Esplanade Rese](https://www.chch.live/plaque/121711-cashmere-stream-esplanade-rese) 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, **3** drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules; 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 **53** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 16 hectares, mostly engineered fill, silt, loess, 1 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. 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 **61%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class. 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 **19** assets on this ground, 9 sets of steps, 4 bridges, 4 boardwalks, 1 shelter, sited at Worsleys Valley 1 Drainage Res, Worsleys Reserve, Cashmere Stream Esplanade Rese, Holmcroft Reserve. 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 **1** record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 basketball. 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 **344** living trees inside this outline, **12** veterans among them, 2 carrying a protection, mostly Totara, Kahikatea, Tulip tree. The file remembers **69** 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 **30%** of this outline under **Rural Port Hills**, **35%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 26%, Residential Large Lot 19%. 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’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **Former Cashmere Servants' Quarters 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 77 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.3 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 (2)
- [Cashmere Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/cashmere-stream), waterway · 5.0 km
- [Cashmere Valley Lower Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-lower-basin), wetland

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.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540520.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 June 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540610.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 October 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541014.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 21 October 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541021.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 09 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600509.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600616.2.24.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 29 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600829.2.23.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 September 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600901.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 05 September 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600905.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Cracroft
- [Hairy Pennywort seen — Cracroft Tce, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404598460), iNaturalist · tom_beard, 30 Sept 2026
- [Latrodectinae seen — Cracroft, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402381430), iNaturalist · russ_ob, 22 Sept 2026
- [Arctotidinae seen — Cracroft, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401435423), iNaturalist · jabba, 19 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (6 injury crashes)

6 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Worsleys Road at Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=worsleys-rd&suburb=cracroft), 1 injury crash.

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

## The crime record (95 recorded victimisations)

95 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 7 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=cracroft)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (3 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.

- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-cracroft), 1
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-cracroft), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-cracroft), 1

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

## Next door
- [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/westmorland)
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)
- [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/beckenham)
- [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Cracroft with [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=westmorland) · [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=cracroft) · [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=hoon-hay) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=somerfield) · [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=cracroft) · [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=spreydon), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Cracroft?**

Cracroft is a south-west suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. The public record holds 1,023 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

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

About 3,540 people and 1,311 occupied private households (nearby SA1s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Cracroft?**

1,023 reports on record, most often trees & parks (254), water & drains (232), roads & footpaths (225). 159 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Cracroft had?**

6 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=cracroft)

**What stood in Cracroft before?**

The heritage register holds 2 places here, [Clacroft Caverns](https://www.chch.live/place/526), [Former Cashmere Servants' Quarters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/219). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Cracroft%22)

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