# Street lights in Christchurch

2,562 reports filed under 2 related headings in the council’s public record since 2020, 440 in the year to 12 October 2026. Street lights out or damaged.

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 |
| --- | ---: |
| 2020 | 176 |
| 2021 | 369 |
| 2022 | 326 |
| 2023 | 422 |
| 2024 | 465 |
| 2025 | 436 |
| 2026 | 368 |

## Where it gets reported

- [Canterbury Region](https://www.chch.live/canterbury-region), 20
- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 18
- [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), 13
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), 10
- [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton), 9
- [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 8
- [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood), 7
- [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley), 6
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 6
- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), 6

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

## The latest on file

- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/9074348), 91 Tennyson Street, Sydenham · 12 Oct 2026
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/9063669), Hornby Domain 531 Main South Road, Islington · 9 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9053508), Harry Manship Cres, Nouvelle-Zélande · 8 Oct 2026
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/9052805), 230 Armagh St · 8 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9052736), Highway 74 · 8 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9045524), 4 Palatine Tce · 6 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9039668), 227 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch Central City · 6 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9038002), 92 Hay Street, Bromley · 5 Oct 2026

## Other problems on the record

- [Road damage & street signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 59,600
- [Footpaths & pavements](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 17,083
- [Potholes](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 4,235
- [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), 155,291


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many Street lights reports are there in Christchurch?**

2,562 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2020, the busiest year was 2024 with 465; 440 in the year to 12 October 2026.

**Where is Street lights reported most in Christchurch?**

Canterbury Region 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 Street lights 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/street-lights
Source: Christchurch City Council, public reports layer (gis.ccc.govt.nz, Snap Send Solve)