Deans Avenue
239 reports at 60 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 194 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 Deans Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.
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
- 65 Deans Avenue, 18 reports
- 49 Deans Avenue, 18 reports
- 169 Deans Avenue, 13 reports
- 167 Deans Avenue, 13 reports
- 121 Deans Avenue, 11 reports
- 25 Deans Avenue, 9 reports
- 159 Deans Avenue, 9 reports
- 11 Deans Avenue, 9 reports
- 53 Deans Avenue, 8 reports
- 145 Deans Avenue, 8 reports
- 157 Deans Avenue, 7 reports
- 75 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 55 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 35 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 3 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 189 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 171 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 137 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 123 Deans Avenue, 5 reports
- 71 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 43 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 39 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 173 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 161 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 153 Deans Avenue, 4 reports
- 95E Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 79 Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 16 Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 119 Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 109 Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 101 Deans Avenue, 3 reports
- 83 Deans Avenue, 2 reports
- 38 Deans Avenue, 2 reports
- 37 Deans Avenue, 2 reports
- 36 Deans Avenue, 2 reports
- 131 Deans Avenue, 2 reports
- 81 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 77 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 67 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 61 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 57 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 44 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 42 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 41 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 40 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 32 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 27 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 26 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 23 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 179 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 177 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 175 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 17 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 167A Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 155 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 149 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 139 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 131A Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 129 Deans Avenue, 1 report
- 105 Deans Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 116 reports
- Trees & parks, 64 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 20 reports
- Water & drains, 16 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 13 reports
- Everything else, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 6 reports
- 2017, 5 reports
- 2018, 8 reports
- 2019, 12 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2021, 10 reports
- 2022, 30 reports
- 2023, 60 reports
- 2024, 57 reports
- 2025, 30 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 26 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Riccarton Hotel
· Canterbury Stories,
Riccarton Hotel (Nancy's pub) on the corner of Riccarton Road and Deans Avenue, looking west up Riccarton Road. 2013 Photo Hunt…
- Riccarton Road, Christchurch
· Te Papa Collections Online,
Intersection of Riccarton Road, Riccarton Avenue and Deans Avenue. Taken from Riccarton Avenue and looking south towards Riccarton Road. An automobile is parked on…
- GROOM KILLED. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 February 1920)
· Papers Past,
…an named mark reynolds a groom in the employ of mr a e g rhodes was thrown from a pony in deans avenue riccarton this morning owing to the pony shying reynolds struck his head against a telegraph pole…
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 February 1924)
· Papers Past,
…ui road was married to mr arthur graham jamieson eldest son of mr and mrs w g jamieson of deans avenue riccarton the ceremony was performed by the eev canon bean assisted by archdeacon haggitt the chu…
- AMONG THE MISSING (Evening Post, 14 May 1940)
· Papers Past,
…his day pilot-officer john douglas bruorton mckenzie son of mr and mrs thomas mckenzie of deans avenue riccarton is reported missing following an air operation on may 11 pilot-officer mckenzie joined…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 19 May 1941)
· Papers Past,
…ague are wellington visitors to auckland miss nora nutt papanui road and miss beth harris deans avenue will leave christchurch for wellington early this week to attend the conference of the national p…
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 14 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…d alexander pie mr t r murdoch wards road invercargill f obrien ronald pte mr j obrien 65 deans avenue christchurch f i oldham samuel pte mrs m oldham 05 palmerston street westport m patrick stanley s…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942)
· Papers Past,
…barrar james n pte mrs l barrar studholmo junction ra obrien bortle pte mrs e a obrien g5 deans avenue riccarton m obrien james v pte mr 1 w obrien i otatutau southland f monteath allstair p pte mr j…
- N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 July 1942)
· Papers Past,
…mrs m was ley 42 clifton street addington ra wootton leonard h x sgmn mrs r j wootton 81 deans avenue rlccarton w…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 September 1942)
· Papers Past,
…m f mccambridge 4 trafalgar street ximaru w wootton leonard h x sgrnn mrs r j wootton 81 deans avenue riccarton w wounded dawe sidney 11 tmjr mrs g dawe shortlands marine parade napier w murray lain…
- ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 19 May 1945)
· Papers Past,
…n mountain itoad epsom auckland to yvonne clarine only i daughter of mr and mrs m x haaff deans avenue riccarton christchurch tyewhite the engagement is announced between wing commander andrew henders…
- Aerial view of Addington Sale yards
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial view of Addington Sale yards. Deans Avenue on bottom of photo; railway line at top. Cattle pens at right; sheep on left and pig pens centre…
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; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; 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 Deans Avenue in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue, 81 crashes pinned to the pairing.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Public Toilet, 167 Deans Avenue,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 171 Deans Avenue,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 167 Deans Avenue,
- Pavement - General, 157 Deans Avenue,
- Park - General Request, 161 Deans Avenue,
- Water Fountain, 65 Deans Avenue,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 167 Deans Avenue,
- Park - General Request, 131 Deans Avenue,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 167 Deans Avenue,
- Fallen Tree, 25 Deans Avenue,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 123 Deans Avenue,
- Park - General Request, 23 Deans Avenue,
- Litter, 39 Deans Avenue,
- Public Toilet, 65 Deans Avenue,
- Fallen Tree, 95E Deans Avenue,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
239 reports at 60 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (116), trees & parks (64), roads & footpaths (20).
2015, the record covers 194 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Deans Avenue and Riccarton Avenue, 81 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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