# Ilam Road, Burnside, Christchurch

434 reports at 43 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 318 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/ilam-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5107&lon=172.5828&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5107&lon=172.5828&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5107&lon=172.5828&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.*

## The addresses on it
- [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 326 reports
- [363 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/363-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [310 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/310-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [279 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/279-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [256 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/256-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [286 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/286-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [259 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/259-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [361 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/361-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [296 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/296-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [290A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/290a-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [288 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/288-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [267 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/267-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [339–345 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/339%E2%80%93345-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [304 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/304-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [284 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/284-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [282 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/282-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [277 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/277-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [272 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/272-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [314 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/314-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [306 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/306-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [298 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/298-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [294 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/294-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [284A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/284a-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [268 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/268-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [262 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/262-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [260 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/260-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [258-256 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/258-256-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [252 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/252-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [365 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/365-ilam-road), 1 report
- [312 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/312-ilam-road), 1 report
- [306B Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/306b-ilam-road), 1 report
- [301 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/301-ilam-road), 1 report
- [290 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/290-ilam-road), 1 report
- [276 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/276-ilam-road), 1 report
- [274 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/274-ilam-road), 1 report
- [270 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/270-ilam-road), 1 report
- [267-269 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/267-269-ilam-road), 1 report
- [266 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/266-ilam-road), 1 report
- [264B Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/264b-ilam-road), 1 report
- [263 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/263-ilam-road), 1 report
- [258 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/258-ilam-road), 1 report
- [254-252 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/254-252-ilam-road), 1 report
- [254 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/254-ilam-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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](https://www.chch.live/problems/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

_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 (34 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 August 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860828.2.50.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 September 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860909.2.48.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Sept 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861005.2.58.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Oct 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861223.2.36.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Dec 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 January 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870105.2.48.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Jan 1887
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 January 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870117.2.51.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jan 1887
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 March 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870314.2.42.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Mar 1887
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804771), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804769), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804770), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/R24804768), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Ilam Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 41 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Witness, 11 December 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19071211.2.200.3), Otago Witness · 1907-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084531), 295 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09084531/public/1_xgzhyypxemot.jpg
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9035490), 295 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09035490/public/1_3w8fgdi9tmw4.jpg
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8993455), 295 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08993455/public/1_61k3ji4uduit.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8924122), 295 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08924122/public/1_excgmnkdptoh.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8889906), 284 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08889906/public/1_ljrzm7oc5s7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8828909), 295 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08828909/public/1_x1p7ridu5eh5.jpg
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8725682), 295 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08725682/public/1_lm2sy2lr2u7c.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8658737), 284 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08658737/public/1_cleckoj6syc7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8643288), 295 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08643288/public/1_o7p3ld43gfk.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8631585), 295 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08629879/public/1_u14my9lh2ea.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8626511), 304 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08626511/public/1_nauzml8jvur9.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8605510), 295 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08605510/public/1_bc2q790oiu9.jpg

[More photographs on the Burnside wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=burnside)

## Latest on record
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084531) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 13 Oct 2026
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9035490) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 5 Oct 2026
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8993455) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 28 Sept 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8924122) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 15 Sept 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8889906) at [284 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/284-ilam-road), 9 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8828909) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 29 Aug 2026
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8725682) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 11 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8658737) at [284 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/284-ilam-road), 30 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8643288) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 27 Jul 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8631585) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 24 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8626511) at [304 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/304-ilam-road), 24 Jul 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8605510) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8603316) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8602909) at [295 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8598758) at [295 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/burnside/295-ilam-road), 19 Jul 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Ilam Road & Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ilam-road-and-memorial-avenue), 71 crashes pinned to the pairing.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=ilam-road&suburb=burnside)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Ilam Road?**

In [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Ilam Road?**

434 reports at 43 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (157), trees & parks (122), rubbish & dumping (70).

**When was Ilam Road first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 318 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Ilam Road?**

[Ilam Road and Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ilam-road-and-memorial-avenue), 71 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=burnside&street=ilam-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Burnside&street=ilam-road