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Selwyn Street

361 reports at 88 addresses in Addington, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 258 separate days somebody filed something about it.

361 reports88 addresses258 days reported on4 on the registerfrom the air, then654 documents carry the name4 businessesthe 209th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

377 Selwyn Street, 19 reports376 Selwyn Street, 19 reports336A Selwyn Street, 17 reports320 Selwyn Street, 17 reports410 Selwyn Street, 16 reports351 Selwyn Street, 15 reports380 Selwyn Street, 13 reports424 Selwyn Street, 12 reports319 Selwyn Street, 12 reports417 Selwyn Street, 10 reports475 Selwyn Street, 9 reports395 Selwyn Street, 8 reports420 Selwyn Street, 7 reports460 Selwyn Street, 6 reports446 Selwyn Street, 6 reports426 Selwyn Street, 6 reports398 Selwyn Street, 6 reports381 Selwyn Street, 6 reports350 Selwyn Street, 6 reports462 Selwyn Street, 5 reports393 Selwyn Street, 5 reports378 Selwyn Street, 5 reports367C Selwyn Street, 5 reports467 Selwyn Street, 4 reports438 Selwyn Street, 4 reports428 Selwyn Street, 4 reports411A Selwyn Street, 4 reports409 Selwyn Street, 4 reports403 Selwyn Street, 4 reports394 Selwyn Street, 4 reports362 Selwyn Street, 4 reports357 Selwyn Street, 4 reports437 Selwyn Street, 3 reports428A Selwyn Street, 3 reports427 Selwyn Street, 3 reports421 Selwyn Street, 3 reports407 Selwyn Street, 3 reports400 Selwyn Street, 3 reports387A Selwyn Street, 3 reports382A Selwyn Street, 3 reports360 Selwyn Street, 3 reports348 Selwyn Street, 3 reports344A Selwyn Street, 3 reports329 Selwyn Street, 3 reports454 Selwyn Street, 2 reports425 Selwyn Street, 2 reports422 Selwyn Street, 2 reports413 Selwyn Street, 2 reports412–414 Selwyn Street, 2 reports410R Selwyn Street, 2 reports399 Selwyn Street, 2 reports391 Selwyn Street, 2 reports369 Selwyn Street, 2 reports364 Selwyn Street, 2 reports344 Selwyn Street, 2 reports343 Selwyn Street, 2 reports338-336 Selwyn Street, 2 reports337 Selwyn Street, 2 reports327 Selwyn Street, 2 reports480 Selwyn Street, 1 report471 Selwyn Street, 1 report464 Selwyn Street, 1 report463 Selwyn Street, 1 report449-459 Selwyn Street, 1 report448 Selwyn Street, 1 report445 Selwyn Street, 1 report434-438 Selwyn Street, 1 report433 Selwyn Street, 1 report421-425 Selwyn Street, 1 report420A Selwyn Street, 1 report408–412 Selwyn Street, 1 report405 Selwyn Street, 1 report390 Selwyn Street, 1 report389 Selwyn Street, 1 report386 Selwyn Street, 1 report383 Selwyn Street, 1 report382 Selwyn Street, 1 report367A Selwyn Street, 1 report363-367 Selwyn Street, 1 report363 Selwyn Street, 1 report361 Selwyn Street, 1 report352 Selwyn Street, 1 report346 Selwyn Street, 1 report340 Selwyn Street, 1 report339 Selwyn Street, 1 report338 Selwyn Street, 1 report336B Selwyn Street, 1 report336 Selwyn Street, 1 reportAddington Cemetery and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Selwyn Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Addington.

From the air, then

Selwyn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street 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

and the other 28 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, Church, gaol and the workshops walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 654 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 4

Premises whose address in the directory is Selwyn Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Jacksons Creek stream · 131 m away Disraeli Reserve footbridge · 15 m away Disraeli Reserve set of steps · 25 m away Selwyn Reserve viewing platform · 28 m away Selwyn Reserve boardwalk · 67 m away Baxters Drain shelter · 117 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Selwyn Street in 120 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 16 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Selwyn Street, 34 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Damaged Street Sign, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photo more photographs
on the Addington wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Selwyn Street?

In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Selwyn Street?

361 reports at 88 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (162), roads & footpaths (71), rubbish & dumping (63).

When was Selwyn Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 258 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Selwyn Street?

Brougham Street and Selwyn Street, 34 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Selwyn Street?

Addington Cemetery and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, 1 more on the register.

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