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Bassett Street

171 reports at 75 addresses in Burwood, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 116 separate days somebody filed something about it.

171 reports75 addresses116 days reported onfrom the air, then9 documents carry the namethe 600th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

4 Bassett Street, 10 reports5 Bassett Street, 9 reports114 Bassett Street, 9 reports19 Bassett Street, 8 reports119 Bassett Street, 7 reports6 Bassett Street, 6 reports21 Bassett Street, 6 reports79 Bassett Street, 5 reports66 Bassett Street, 5 reports75 Bassett Street, 4 reports7 Bassett Street, 4 reports3 Bassett Street, 4 reports105 Bassett Street, 4 reports8 Bassett Street, 3 reports68 Bassett Street, 3 reports62 Bassett Street, 3 reports34 Bassett Street, 3 reports30 Bassett Street, 3 reports23 Bassett Street, 3 reports102 Bassett Street, 3 reports63 Bassett Street, 2 reports58 Bassett Street, 2 reports50A Bassett Street, 2 reports4A Bassett Street, 2 reports47 Bassett Street, 2 reports44 Bassett Street, 2 reports2A Bassett Street, 2 reports23A Bassett Street, 2 reports16 Bassett Street, 2 reports14 Bassett Street, 2 reports116 Bassett Street, 2 reports11 Bassett Street, 2 reports109 Bassett Street, 2 reports107 Bassett Street, 2 reports91 Bassett Street, 1 report83 Bassett Street, 1 report77 Bassett Street, 1 report75a Bassett Street, 1 report74 Bassett Street, 1 report72 Bassett Street, 1 report70 Bassett Street, 1 report64 Bassett Street, 1 report63-67 Bassett Street, 1 report62A Bassett Street, 1 report60 Bassett Street, 1 report58-54 Bassett Street, 1 report57 Bassett Street, 1 report53A Bassett Street, 1 report51 Bassett Street, 1 report5-11 Bassett Street, 1 report48-42 Bassett Street, 1 report46-48 Bassett Street, 1 report45 Bassett Street, 1 report42B Bassett Street, 1 report41 Bassett Street, 1 report40 Bassett Street, 1 report35 Bassett Street, 1 report22 Bassett Street, 1 report21A Bassett Street, 1 report20-22 Bassett Street, 1 report20 Bassett Street, 1 report2 Bassett Street, 1 report19A Bassett Street, 1 report18 Bassett Street, 1 report17A Bassett Street, 1 report17 Bassett Street, 1 report14A Bassett Street, 1 report11A Bassett Street, 1 report112 Bassett Street, 1 report111 Bassett Street, 1 report106 Bassett Street, 1 report104A Bassett Street, 1 report104 Bassett Street, 1 report100 Bassett Street, 1 report10 Bassett Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Bassett Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bassett Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bassett Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bassett 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 15 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

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, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 39 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Bassett Street in 31 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 6 seriously hurt.

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

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoPothole, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoLitter, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Burwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Bassett Street?

In Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Bassett Street?

171 reports at 75 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (113), roads & footpaths (22), trees & parks (14).

When was Bassett Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 116 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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