# Footpaths & pavements in Christchurch

17,098 reports filed under 3 related headings in the council’s public record since 2019, 3,635 in the year to 13 October 2026. Damaged and obstructed footpaths and pavements, including accessibility problems.

Filed by residents through the council’s reporting channel and relayed here as lodged. A report is somebody’s word that the problem was there, the record is the reporting, not a count of verified fixes.

Report yours the way every one of these was filed, Snap Send Solve: https://www.snapsendsolve.com.

## Year by year

| Year | Reports |
| --- | ---: |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 183 |
| 2022 | 1,747 |
| 2023 | 4,604 |
| 2024 | 3,860 |
| 2025 | 3,840 |
| 2026 | 2,859 |

## Where it gets reported

- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 102
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), 43
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 28
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 27
- [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam), 26
- [Canterbury Region](https://www.chch.live/canterbury-region), 26
- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 25
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 24
- [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), 23
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 23

_Suburb is read from the report’s own address text, recent record, ranked._

## The latest on file

- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9084576), 40 Centaurus Road, Cashmere · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9084452), 60 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9084216), 11 Rolleston Ave · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9082495), 46 Parklea Ave · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9082060), Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9081587), 3 Cromer Place, New Brighton · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9081442), 876 Cashmere Road, Halswell · 13 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9081410), 44 Normans Rd · 13 Oct 2026

## Other problems on the record

- [Road damage & street signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 59,621
- [Potholes](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 4,247
- [Street lights](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 2,563
- [Bus & tram shelters](https://www.chch.live/problems/bus-shelters), 781
- [Traffic lights & signals](https://www.chch.live/problems/traffic-signals), 763
- [Graffiti & tagging](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 155,340


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many Footpaths & pavements reports are there in Christchurch?**

17,098 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2019, the busiest year was 2023 with 4,604; 3,635 in the year to 13 October 2026.

**Where is Footpaths & pavements reported most in Christchurch?**

Christchurch Central City 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 Footpaths & pavements 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.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths
Source: Christchurch City Council, public reports layer (gis.ccc.govt.nz, Snap Send Solve)