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Deans Avenue

197 reports at 20 addresses in Addington, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 145 separate days somebody filed something about it.

197 reports20 addresses145 days reported onfrom the air, then26 documents carry the namethe 456th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

3 Deans Avenue, 39 reports25 Deans Avenue, 37 reports55 Deans Avenue, 36 reports11 Deans Avenue, 29 reports53 Deans Avenue, 20 reports27 Deans Avenue, 6 reports65 Deans Avenue, 5 reports49 Deans Avenue, 5 reports35 Deans Avenue, 4 reports43 Deans Avenue, 3 reports1F Deans Avenue, 3 reports26 Deans Avenue, 2 reports6 Deans Avenue, 1 report45 Deans Avenue, 1 report44 Deans Avenue, 1 report41 Deans Avenue, 1 report39 Deans Avenue, 1 report32 Deans Avenue, 1 report23 Deans Avenue, 1 report22 Deans Avenue, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Deans Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Addington.

From the air, then

Deans Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Deans Avenue from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Deans Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Deans Avenue from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 26 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.

Addington Brook stream · 56 m away The Old Stock Yards ruin · 12 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Deans Avenue in 38 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue, 81 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Overgrown Vegetation, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Addington wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Deans Avenue?

In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Deans Avenue?

197 reports at 20 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (114), roads & footpaths (47), trees & parks (12).

When was Deans Avenue first reported on?

2015, the record covers 145 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Deans Avenue?

Deans Avenue and Riccarton Avenue, 81 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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