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Illegal dumping & dumped rubbish in Christchurch

55,760 reports sit in the council’s published record under 4 related headings: filed by residents through Snap Send Solve since 2019. The busiest year was 2024 with 14,616; Riccarton tops the recent record.

Illegally dumped rubbish, litter, abandoned trolleys and street cleaning requests.

Report yours the way every one of these was filed, Snap Send Solve (snapsendsolve.com).

Reports on record
55,760
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
13,442
Busiest year
2024, 14,616
Most-reported suburb
Riccarton

Reports per year

2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off.

Where it gets reported

Riccarton 107 Woolston 98 Upper Riccarton 66 Linwood 50 Christchurch Central City 48 Waltham 47 Sydenham 39 Avonside 37 Addington 31 Spreydon 26

Read from each report’s own address text, the recent record, ranked. A suburb’s whole picture is on its page.

The latest on file

Other problems on the record

The record behind this

Every report above was filed by a resident through the council’s reporting channel and sits in Christchurch City Council’s public reports layer, which this page reads directly. A report is somebody’s word that the problem was there: counts here describe reporting, not verified inspections or fixes, and a closed job does not come off the record.

The live stream of everything reported is at /problems, the pins are on the map, and the whole-city shape is at /trends. This page as markdown: /problems/dumped-rubbish.md.

Questions, answered briefly

How many Illegal dumping & dumped rubbish reports are there in Christchurch?

55,760 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2019, the busiest year was 2024 with 14,616; 13,442 in the year to 12 October 2026.

Where is Illegal dumping & dumped rubbish reported most in Christchurch?

Riccarton tops the recent record, read from each report’s own address text, so it is the reporting pattern, not a claim the problem is worst there.

How do residents report Illegal dumping & dumped rubbish in Christchurch?

Through the council’s reporting channel, the same channel every report on this page came through (Snap Send Solve). Each report is somebody’s word the problem was there.

Where does this record come from?

Christchurch City Council’s public reports layer, resident-filed reports under the heading this page counts. Counts describe reporting, not verified inspections or fixes.