# Gloucester Street, Avonside, Christchurch 105 reports at 34 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 75 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/gloucester-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5239&lon=172.6728&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5239&lon=172.6728&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5239&lon=172.6728&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.* **Then and now**, a 1860 photograph names the street: [Photograph: Mr Luck's House, Gloucester Street, Christchurch 1860](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767639); the page pairs it with a verified Street View pose of Gloucester Street today. ## The addresses on it - [714 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/714-gloucester-street), 13 reports - [724 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/724-gloucester-street), 10 reports - [713 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/713-gloucester-street), 9 reports - [784 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/784-gloucester-street), 8 reports - [764 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/764-gloucester-street), 8 reports - [746 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/746-gloucester-street), 6 reports - [778B Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/778b-gloucester-street), 5 reports - [726 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/726-gloucester-street), 5 reports - [711 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/711-gloucester-street), 4 reports - [778A Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/778a-gloucester-street), 3 reports - [762 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/762-gloucester-street), 3 reports - [748 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/748-gloucester-street), 3 reports - [780 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/780-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [738 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/738-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [730 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/730-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [728 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/728-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [724-726 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/724-726-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [715 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/715-gloucester-street), 2 reports - [766 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/766-gloucester-street), 1 report - [763 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/763-gloucester-street), 1 report - [758 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/758-gloucester-street), 1 report - [751 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/751-gloucester-street), 1 report - [747 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/747-gloucester-street), 1 report - [745 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/745-gloucester-street), 1 report - [743 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/743-gloucester-street), 1 report - [742 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/742-gloucester-street), 1 report - [741 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/741-gloucester-street), 1 report - [734 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/734-gloucester-street), 1 report - [733 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/733-gloucester-street), 1 report - [731 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/731-gloucester-street), 1 report - [723 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/723-gloucester-street), 1 report - [721 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/721-gloucester-street), 1 report - [719 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/719-gloucester-street), 1 report - [717 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/717-gloucester-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 84 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports - Water & drains, 4 reports - Roads & footpaths, 4 reports - Everything else, 3 reports - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 3 reports - Trees & parks, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 2 reports - 2016, 4 reports - 2018, 3 reports - 2019, 2 reports - 2020, 3 reports - 2021, 6 reports - 2022, 12 reports - 2023, 21 reports - 2024, 18 reports - 2025, 14 reports _2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._ ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (2,674 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.16.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 May 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520821.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520828.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1852 - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Jul 1853 - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530723.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jul 1853 - [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531022.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Oct 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 January 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540107.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Jan 1854 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Gloucester Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 09 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600609.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680901.2.12.2), Star · 1868-09-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680910.2.14.2), Star · 1868-09-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680918.2.14.2), Star · 1868-09-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680921.2.17.2), Star · 1868-09-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680923.2.16.2), Star · 1868-09-23T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681008.2.19.3), Star · 1868-10-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681009.2.12.3), Star · 1868-10-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681012.2.18.3), Star · 1868-10-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681013.2.18.3), Star · 1868-10-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681014.2.14.3), Star · 1868-10-14T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681019.2.15.3), Star · 1868-10-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681027.2.16.5), Star · 1868-10-27T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 November 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681102.2.17.5), Star · 1868-11-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 November 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681103.2.19.5), Star · 1868-11-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 July 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690714.2.2.1), Star · 1869-07-14T00:00:00.000Z - [EAST CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL COMMITTEE. (Star, 06 February 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740206.2.16), Star · 1874-02-06T00:00:00.000Z - [EAST CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 March 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740326.2.12.1), Star · 1874-03-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 November 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011125.2.56.2), Star · 1901-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - [MARRIAGE. (Star, 18 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050918.2.28), Star · 1905-09-18T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8966057), 780 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08966057/public/1_6mx7ussbxv6b.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8839370), 724 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08839370/public/1_t3wapy7k1r8.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8766501), 724 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08766501/public/1_gwkqovl4v7bn.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8766491), 746 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08766491/public/1_ag1wggi3904b.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8737833), 714 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08737833/public/1_wy74es000ot.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8445649), 746 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08445649/public/1_bqvh3faz2msy.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8435881), 746 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08435881/public/1_2a889dddwfqp.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8435866), 721 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08435866/public/1_ld0reubm61b.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8371470), 764 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08371470/public/1_o0eugd11of4.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8371460), 726 Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08371460/public/1_wegiv9zb06c3.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8318668), 778A Gloucester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08318668/public/1_i4iecu5479q.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8008378), 784 Gloucester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08008378/public/1_sig7qeye1jiq.jpg [More photographs on the Avonside wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avonside) ## Latest on record - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8966057) at [780 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/780-gloucester-street), 22 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8839370) at [724 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/724-gloucester-street), 31 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8766501) at [724 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/724-gloucester-street), 18 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8766491) at [746 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/746-gloucester-street), 18 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8737833) at [714 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/714-gloucester-street), 13 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8445649) at [746 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/746-gloucester-street), 20 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8435881) at [746 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/746-gloucester-street), 18 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8435866) at [721 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/721-gloucester-street), 18 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8371470) at [764 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/764-gloucester-street), 6 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8371460) at [726 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/726-gloucester-street), 6 Jun 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8318668) at [778A Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/778a-gloucester-street), 27 May 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8008378) at [784 Gloucester St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/784-gloucester-street), 31 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7977629) at [714 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/714-gloucester-street), 26 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7918715) at [780 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/780-gloucester-street), 16 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7916853) at [748 Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/748-gloucester-street), 16 Mar 2026 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [Crystal Plaza Gloucester Street entrance, February 3rd 2011 (Canterbury Stories CCL-Kete-36805).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wjyynu/crystal_plaza_gloucester_street_entrance_february/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 19 Sept 2026 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is Gloucester Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Glamour Nail & Eyelashes](https://www.chch.live/business/glamour-nail-eyelashes-avonside), Beauty · 2/711 Gloucester Street ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Fitzgerald Avenue & Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 48 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=gloucester-street&suburb=avonside) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Gloucester Street?** In [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Gloucester Street?** 105 reports at 34 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (84), rubbish & dumping (5), water & drains (4). **When was Gloucester Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 75 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Gloucester Street?** [Fitzgerald Avenue and Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fitzgerald-avenue-and-gloucester-street), 48 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=avonside&street=gloucester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonside&street=gloucester-street