Ilam Road
434 reports at 43 addresses in Burnside, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 318 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Ilam Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Burnside.
From the air, then
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
- 295 Ilam Road, 326 reports
- 363 Ilam Road, 7 reports
- 310 Ilam Road, 6 reports
- 279 Ilam Road, 6 reports
- 256 Ilam Road, 6 reports
- 286 Ilam Road, 5 reports
- 259 Ilam Road, 5 reports
- 361 Ilam Road, 4 reports
- 296 Ilam Road, 4 reports
- 290A Ilam Road, 4 reports
- 288 Ilam Road, 4 reports
- 267 Ilam Road, 4 reports
- 339–345 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 304 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 284 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 282 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 277 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 272 Ilam Road, 3 reports
- 314 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 306 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 298 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 294 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 284A Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 268 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 262 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 260 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 258-256 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 252 Ilam Road, 2 reports
- 365 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 312 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 306B Ilam Road, 1 report
- 301 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 290 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 276 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 274 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 270 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 267-269 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 266 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 264B Ilam Road, 1 report
- 263 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 258 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 254-252 Ilam Road, 1 report
- 254 Ilam Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 157 reports
- Trees & parks, 122 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 70 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 37 reports
- Everything else, 23 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 13 reports
- Water & drains, 9 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 6 reports
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 35 reports
- 2022, 66 reports
- 2023, 89 reports
- 2024, 63 reports
- 2025, 108 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 34 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 August 1886)
· Papers Past,
…william st n opawa f to 2 acbes addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwood ilam rd strowon 4o ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui bligh3 rd seottmton james c ricoarton lower shirley…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 September 1886)
· Papers Past,
…d william et n opawa to 2 acres addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwoofl ilam rd strowan c ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui bligh rd scotteton james c riccarton lower shirley s…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1886)
· Papers Past,
…william et n opawa 5 to 2 acefs addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holm wood ilam rd strowan c ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui bligh rd scottston jame�� kc riccarton lower shirley…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 December 1886)
· Papers Past,
…iam bt n sftw5 ftwa j t0 2 acbes addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwood ilam rd strowan c ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui blikha rtl seottston james r ac riccartoi 1 ower shi…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 January 1887)
· Papers Past,
…nd william bt n opawa to 2 acres addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwood ilam rd strowan c ferry rd liucoln rd off opawa v papanui bligh rd ecottston james o riccarton lower shirley b…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 January 1887)
· Papers Past,
…nd william st n opawa to 2 acres addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwood ilam rd strowan c ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui bligh rd scottston james c biocarton lower shirley t…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 March 1887)
· Papers Past,
…nd william st n opawa to 2 acbes addington crescent rd fendalton bryndwr croydon holmwood ilam rd strowan c ferry rd lincoln rd off opawa n papanui bligh rd scott ston jaines r ac biccarton ower shirl…
- Housing
· National Publicity Studios black and white file prints,
Home of Mrs Redpath, Ilam Road, Christchurch. September 1972, Canterbury National Publicity Studios black and white file prints; A…
- Housing
· National Publicity Studios black and white file prints,
Home of Mrs Redpath, Ilam Road, Christchurch. September 1972, Canterbury National Publicity Studios black and white file prints; A…
- Housing
· National Publicity Studios black and white file prints,
Home of Mrs Redpath, Ilam Road, Christchurch. September 1972, Canterbury National Publicity Studios black and white file prints; A…
- Housing
· National Publicity Studios black and white file prints,
Home of Mr and Mrs Whiteside, Ilam Road, Christchurch. September 1972, Canterbury National Publicity Studios black and white file prints; A…
- REGISTER
· New Zealand Gazette,
…rr Pharmacy Limited 3 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, AUCKLAND Ewart Douglas Limited 403 Ilam Road, Fendalton, CHRISTCHURCH Fairfield Pharmacy Limited 289 Waiwhetu Road, Waiwhetu, LOWER HUTT Family C…
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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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Ilam Road in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Ilam Road & Memorial Avenue, 71 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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
The latest on it
- Playground Equipment, 295 Ilam Rd,
- Playground Equipment, 295 Ilam Rd,
- Animal - Deceased, 295 Ilam Rd,
- Park - General Request, 295 Ilam Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 284 Ilam Rd,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 295 Ilam Road,
- Playground Equipment, 295 Ilam Rd,
- Pavement - Damaged, 284 Ilam Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 295 Ilam Road,
- General Request, 295 Ilam Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 304 Ilam Road,
- Trees - General, 295 Ilam Rd,
- Litter, 295 Ilam Road,
- Public Toilet, 295 Ilam Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 295 Ilam Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Burnside, Christchurch, New Zealand.
434 reports at 43 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (157), trees & parks (122), rubbish & dumping (70).
2016, the record covers 318 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Ilam Road and Memorial Avenue, 71 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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