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Cranmer Square

278 reports at 33 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 196 separate days somebody filed something about it.

278 reports33 addresses196 days reported on4 on the registerfrom the air, then295 documents carry the namethe 311th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

19 Cranmer Square, 23 reports25 Cranmer Square, 22 reports28 Cranmer Square, 19 reports10 Cranmer Square, 19 reports9 Cranmer Square, 16 reports33A Cranmer Square, 15 reports32 Cranmer Square, 15 reports22 Cranmer Square, 15 reports18 Cranmer Square, 15 reports1/2 Cranmer Square, 12 reports6 Cranmer Square, 11 reports40 Cranmer Square, 11 reports33 Cranmer Square, 11 reports8 Cranmer Square, 10 reports34 Cranmer Square, 10 reports5A Cranmer Square, 8 reports33B Cranmer Square, 8 reports1P Cranmer Square, 7 reports1 Cranmer Square, 7 reports25A Cranmer Square, 6 reports38 Cranmer Square, 3 reports3 Cranmer Square, 2 reports26 Cranmer Square, 2 reports25-31 Cranmer Square, 2 reports7 Cranmer Square, 1 report5 Cranmer Square, 1 report28A Cranmer Square, 1 report26-28 Cranmer Square, 1 report24 Cranmer Square, 1 report2 Cranmer Square, 1 report17 Cranmer Square, 1 report15 Cranmer Square, 1 report13 Cranmer Square, 1 reportCranmer Square and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerFormer Shop/Dwelling and Setting: registerFormer St Margaret's School Building and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Cranmer Square, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Cranmer Square from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cranmer Square from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cranmer Square 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

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 295 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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 · 122 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Cranmer Square in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoWater General, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Cranmer Square?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Cranmer Square?

278 reports at 33 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (115), water & drains (60), roads & footpaths (46).

When was Cranmer Square first reported on?

2015, the record covers 196 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Cranmer Square?

Cranmer Square and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting, 1 more on the register.

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