# Allen Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 188 reports at 36 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 76 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/allen-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6413&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6413&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6413&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6413&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 - [9 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-allen-street), 17 reports - [37 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-allen-street), 17 reports - [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 16 reports - [23 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-allen-street), 15 reports - [38 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-allen-street), 10 reports - [35 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-allen-street), 10 reports - [30 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-allen-street), 10 reports - [31 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/31-allen-street), 9 reports - [34 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-allen-street), 8 reports - [32 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/32-allen-street), 8 reports - [7 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-allen-street), 7 reports - [33 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-allen-street), 7 reports - [26 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/26-allen-street), 6 reports - [36 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/36-allen-street), 5 reports - [163 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-allen-street), 5 reports - [10A Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10a-allen-street), 5 reports - [10b Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10b-allen-street), 3 reports - [10B Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10b-allen-street), 3 reports - [10 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-allen-street), 3 reports - [41 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-allen-street), 2 reports - [39 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-allen-street), 2 reports - [30-32 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-32-allen-street), 2 reports - [27 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-allen-street), 2 reports - [25 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-allen-street), 2 reports - [11 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-allen-street), 2 reports - [10a Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10a-allen-street), 2 reports - [7-11 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-11-allen-street), 1 report - [39-41 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-41-allen-street), 1 report - [38-34 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-34-allen-street), 1 report - [38-10 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-10-allen-street), 1 report - [35-41 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-41-allen-street), 1 report - [28 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/28-allen-street), 1 report - [21 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-allen-street), 1 report - [2 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-allen-street), 1 report - [17-27 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-27-allen-street), 1 report - [10-26 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-26-allen-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 168 reports - Roads & footpaths, 12 reports - Water & drains, 5 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 3 reports - 2016, 1 report - 2017, 7 reports - 2018, 10 reports - 2019, 1 report - 2020, 71 reports - 2021, 3 reports - 2022, 8 reports - 2023, 13 reports - 2024, 25 reports - 2025, 25 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 (102 on the shelf; the 5 earliest listed).* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691221.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Dec 1869 - [SOCIAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Daily Times, 17 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18770117.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jan 1877 - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 10 May 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780510.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 May 1878 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 07 April 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790407.2.14.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Apr 1879 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 21 September 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830921.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Sept 1883 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Allen Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 March 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940320.2.2.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1894-03-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940803.2.2.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1894-08-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971203.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-12-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971218.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971221.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-12-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971224.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 January 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980111.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-01-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 January 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980114.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-01-14T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 January 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980118.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-01-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 October 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19021009.2.46.3), Star · 1902-10-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 12 May 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170512.2.80.2), NZ Truth · 1917-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 19 May 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170519.2.95.2), NZ Truth · 1917-05-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 26 May 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170526.2.67.2), NZ Truth · 1917-05-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 02 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170602.2.53.2), NZ Truth · 1917-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 15 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171215.2.51.6), NZ Truth · 1917-12-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 22 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171222.2.54.6), NZ Truth · 1917-12-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 05 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180105.2.52.5), NZ Truth · 1918-01-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 19 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180119.2.58.4), NZ Truth · 1918-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 06 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180406.2.46.6), NZ Truth · 1918-04-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 20 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180420.2.48.7), NZ Truth · 1918-04-20T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8965459), 7 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08965459/public/1_flizvcl3dhup.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869212), 7 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08869212/public/1_r180qbzm5p8g.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869205), 23 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08869205/public/1_m8pr1xepm1i.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8634481), 23 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08634481/public/1_hyao4xdojqte.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8561329), 10B Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08561329/public/1_49y1h69wrzre.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7991019), 10A Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07991019/public/1_10tco5zd3gwen.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7973070), 7 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07973070/public/1_qfp5s5hj89qh.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7892958), 9 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07892958/public/1_u17c277v8zf.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7892949), 17 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07892949/public/1_xpigwlvdfgg4.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7809204), 9 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07809204/public/1_z3fpnq31e98k.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716309), 17 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07716309/public/1_89ivz5rhavcb.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716310), 17 Allen Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07716310/public/1_beg1q1990st9.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Latest on record - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8965459) at [7 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-allen-street), 22 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869212) at [7 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-allen-street), 5 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869205) at [23 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-allen-street), 5 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8634481) at [23 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-allen-street), 25 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8561329) at [10B Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10b-allen-street), 12 Jul 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7991019) at [10A Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10a-allen-street), 28 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7973070) at [7 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-allen-street), 25 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7892958) at [9 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-allen-street), 12 Mar 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7892949) at [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 12 Mar 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7809204) at [9 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-allen-street), 26 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716309) at [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716310) at [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716300) at [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716287) at [34 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-allen-street), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7716269) at [34 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-allen-street), 10 Feb 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=allen-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Allen Street?** In [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Allen Street?** 188 reports at 36 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (168), roads & footpaths (12), water & drains (5). **When was Allen Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 76 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-central-city&street=allen-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=allen-street