# Saint Martins, Christchurch

3,380 council reports since June 2015, the 43rd busiest suburb in the city. 2,696 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/saint-martins

## 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/)

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$640 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $550–$698, across 12 bonds, up 16% on a year ago. That’s about **$90 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “St Martins” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,802 people and 1,149 occupied private households, grouped from 19 SA1 areas in St Martins. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 19% (540 people)
- 65 and over: about 18% (516 people)
- Born overseas: about 23% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 88% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 10% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 87% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 49% 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 (2,696 on record)
- [19 Ombersley Tce](https://www.chch.live/report/9064823)
- [189 Wilsons Road South, St Martins](https://www.chch.live/report/9048505)
- [98 St Martins Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9034522)
- [St Martins Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9026581)
- [24 St Martins Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9019046)
- [258 Riverlaw Tce](https://www.chch.live/report/9011240)

[2,696 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-martins)

## 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.*
- [Corner of Centaurus and Wilsons Road, St Martins](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53789101), 1941 · Canterbury Stories
- [Saint Martins, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1970s#p-22664099), 1974 · TAPUHI

## The record on Saint Martins
- Saint Martins enters the written record in 13 June 1843, [“METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18430613.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Saint Martins” appears somewhere in 209 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: graffiti, 14 June 2015, at 83A St Martins Rd.
- Its busiest day was 12 September 2022, 18 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/riverlaw-terrace), reported on 433 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 (4,646 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Saint Martins took **4 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 10 weeks or longer.
87 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 1 July 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).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

**South Colombo**, a public drinking ban (at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week), covers about 19% of Saint Martins.
2 sensitive sites stand here, Hillview Christian School, St Martins School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9064823), 10 Oct 2026 · 19 Ombersley Tce, “Supermarket trolley, chairs and rubbish against tree beside river. Not Ormsley Tce but Riverlaw Tce.”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9048505), 7 Oct 2026 · 189 Wilsons Road South, “my wheelie bin lid has broken after the last collection”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9042855), 6 Oct 2026 · 19 Wilding Street, “water leak, bad. we stripped footpath, hours later saw top of prep wet. excavated by hand and found old rusted…”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9034522), 5 Oct 2026 · 98 St Martins Rd, “What looks to be compost from a green bin on footpath. Near 96 St Martins Road (our property but not ours) and 98 St…”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9026581), 4 Oct 2026 · St Martins Rd, “Graffiti on road sign”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9019046), 2 Oct 2026 · 24 St Martins Rd
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/9011240), 1 Oct 2026 · 258 Riverlaw Tce, “Street light out”
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/9010180), 30 Sept 2026 · 86 Wilsons Rd South, “Strong smell of rubber / chemicals coming from a demolition site.”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9008688), 30 Sept 2026 · 144 Riverlaw Tce, “Water leak”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9000356), 29 Sept 2026 · 221 Eastern Terrace
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9000343), 29 Sept 2026 · 219 Eastern Terrace
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8995611), 28 Sept 2026 · 1/143 Centaurus Road, “1/143 Centaurus rd, The house literally feels like there’s an earthquake every time a large truck or bus speeding…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 23
- 2016, 89
- 2017, 113
- 2018, 184
- 2019, 275
- 2020, 186
- 2021, 283
- 2022, 507
- 2023, 473
- 2024, 473
- 2025, 449

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 917
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 884
- Roads & footpaths, 637
- Rubbish & dumping, 459
- Trees & parks, 324
- Vehicles & parking, 75
- Everything else, 67
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 16

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 680
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 552
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 291
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 232
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 144
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 139
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 101
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 84

## On the heritage register (1)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Springbank](https://www.chch.live/place/198), 290 Riverlaw Terrace

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/riverlaw-terrace), reported on 433 separate days
- [Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/centaurus-road), reported on 248 separate days
- [Saint Martins Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/saint-martins-road), reported on 235 separate days
- [Palatine Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/palatine-terrace), reported on 146 separate days
- [Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/wilsons-road), reported on 136 separate days
- [Wilsons Road South](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/wilsons-road-south), reported on 102 separate days
- [St Martins Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/st-martins-road), reported on 91 separate days
- [Beckford Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/beckford-road), reported on 87 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite · decile 7 · EQI 418
- [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school), Full Primary · decile 9 · EQI 402

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school) · [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (3)
- [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1266-st-martins-park), Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 5 pieces
- [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 1 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Palatine Native Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1499-palatine-native-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Saint Martins Presbyterian Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-martins-presbyterian-church), a Presbyterian church
- [Saint Martins Seventh-Day Adventist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-martins-seventh-day-adventist-church), a Seventh-day Adventist church · 32 Riverlaw Terrace

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (16)
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), 3.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-45-hillsborough), 2.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-551-saint-martins), 971 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-548-saint-martins), 905 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-555-saint-martins), 879 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), 797 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-38-saint-martins), 704 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 579 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-43-saint-martins), 557 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-585-opawa), 485 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-573-saint-martins), 473 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-46-opawa), 326 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-556-saint-martins), 289 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-582-saint-martins), 193 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-583-saint-martins), 190 m · 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 47.8% of this outline, about 55 hectares. 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 2011 grading filed 70.9% of this outline, about 82 hectares, mostly **TC2**, with TC3 21 ha · TC2 61 ha. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 10.1% of this outline, about 12 hectares, across 4 named events. 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, mass movement management area 2, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **4%** 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 schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **2%** of this outline, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **2%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **2%** of this outline 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 **3%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground across **4** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **15%** of it, Heathcote River. 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, **31** classified reaches, the plan calling **Heathcote / Opawaho River** and **Victory Drain Branch No 1**
           by name, **9%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank. 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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **9%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **2,517** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, stormwater 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, **6.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Southern Lights](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/southern-lights). 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, [Heathcote Riverbank Tr South](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310908-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/30267-st-martins-park) 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, **8** drawn instruments, 1 alcohol ban, 7 bottle-store buffers; 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).
**6** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **44** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly mixed fill with rubbish, silt, sand, 8 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 rockfall survey mapped **58** rocks inside this outline across 20 survey pins, **53** came down. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**7** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 7 marked verified. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **43%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 4 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. 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 **6** assets on this ground, 2 bridges, 2 ramps, 2 sets of steps, sited at Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, King George V Reserve, St Martins Public Library, Centaurus Park. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The register counts **891** living trees inside this outline, **7** veterans among them, 4 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, Cabbage tree, Pin Oak. The file remembers **459** 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 **54%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **72%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 17%, Medium density residential zone 9%. 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 reserves about **5 hectares** of this outline, **4%** , under 3 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **Dwelling and Setting, Springbank**. 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 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.9 in 2014. 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 (1)
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 km

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.*
- [METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18430613.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1843-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 November 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521120.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530806.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 13 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660413.2.10.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1866-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 14 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660414.2.13.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1866-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (West Coast Times, 16 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660416.2.17.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1866-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 17 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660417.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1866-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KANIERI. (West Coast Times, 31 January 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18730131.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1873-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [St Martins rural section plan](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/heathcote-road-board-rural-sections/ccl-cs-95664), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 26 September 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820926.2.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record (76 injury crashes)

76 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 12 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Centaurus Road at Ramahana Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=centaurus-rd&suburb=saint-martins), 5 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (739 recorded victimisations)

739 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 66 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=saint-martins)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (18 stops)

18 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc).
- Centaurus Rd near Ramahana Rd near Centaurus Rd
- Centaurus Rd near Ramahana Rd near Centaurus Rd
- Centaurus Rd near St Martins Rd near Centaurus Rd
- Centaurus Rd near St Martins Rd near Centaurus Rd
- Gamblins Rd near Ngaio St near Gamblins Rd
- Gamblins Rd near Ngaio St near Gamblins Rd
- St Martins Rd near Ensors Rd near Ensors Rd
- St Martins Rd near Ensors Rd near St Martins Rd
- St Martins Rd near Wilding St near St Martins Rd
- St Martins Rd near Wilding St near St Martins Rd
- St Martins Shops near Wilsons Rd
- St Martins Shops near Wilsons Rd
- Wilsons Rd
- Wilsons Rd
- Wilsons Rd near Beckford Rd
- Wilsons Rd near Koromiko St

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (27 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.

- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-saint-martins), 4
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-saint-martins), 3
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-saint-martins), 2
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-saint-martins), 2
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-saint-martins), 2
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-saint-martins), 1
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lawyer#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-saint-martins), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-saint-martins), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Bohemian Bakery](https://www.chch.live/business/bohemian-bakery-saint-martins), Bakeries
- [New World](https://www.chch.live/business/new-world-saint-martins), Supermarkets
- [New World St Martins](https://www.chch.live/business/new-world-st-martins-saint-martins), Supermarkets
- [Christchurch Electric Bicycles](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-electric-bicycles-saint-martins), Bike shops
- [Pushbikes](https://www.chch.live/business/pushbikes-saint-martins), Bike shops
- [St Martins Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/st-martins-pharmacy-saint-martins), Pharmacies

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

## Next door
- [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/opawa)
- [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/beckenham)
- [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/huntsbury)
- [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough)
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham)
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Saint Martins with [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=opawa&b=saint-martins) · [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=saint-martins) · [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=huntsbury&b=saint-martins) · [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=saint-martins) · [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=saint-martins&b=waltham) · [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=saint-martins&b=sydenham), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Saint Martins?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 3,380 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Saint Martins?**

About 2,802 people and 1,149 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Saint Martins?**

3,380 reports on record, most often water & drains (917), graffiti & vandalism (884), roads & footpaths (637). 430 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Saint Martins had?**

76 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 12 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=saint-martins)

**What schools are in Saint Martins?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Hillview Christian School, St Martins School.

**What stood in Saint Martins before?**

The heritage register holds 1 place here, [Dwelling and Setting, Springbank](https://www.chch.live/place/198). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Saint%20Martins%22)

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Saint%20Martins · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Martins