Durham Street South
419 reports at 52 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 269 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 Durham Street South, 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
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
- 214 Durham Street South, 33 reports
- 176 Durham Street South, 30 reports
- 175 Durham Street South, 25 reports
- 241 Durham Street South, 22 reports
- 227 Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 158F Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 158 Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 188 Durham Street South, 18 reports
- 200 Durham Street South, 16 reports
- 154 Durham Street South, 14 reports
- 148 Durham Street South, 14 reports
- 240 Durham Street South, 13 reports
- 218 Durham Street South, 12 reports
- 189 Durham Street South, 11 reports
- 140 Durham Street South, 11 reports
- 190 Durham Street South, 9 reports
- 249 Durham Street South, 8 reports
- 235 Durham Street South, 8 reports
- 205 Durham Street South, 8 reports
- 174 Durham Street South, 8 reports
- 168 Durham Street South, 8 reports
- 222 Durham Street South, 7 reports
- 221 Durham Street South, 7 reports
- 217 Durham Street South, 7 reports
- 183 Durham Street South, 6 reports
- 140A Durham Street South, 6 reports
- 193 Durham Street South, 5 reports
- 169 Durham Street South, 5 reports
- 142 Durham Street South, 5 reports
- 203 Durham Street South, 4 reports
- 178 Durham Street South, 4 reports
- 215 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 207 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 197 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 186 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 184 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 146 Durham Street South, 3 reports
- 218-220 Durham Street South, 2 reports
- 213 Durham Street South, 2 reports
- 199-201 Durham Street South, 2 reports
- 199 Durham Street South, 2 reports
- 160 Durham Street South, 2 reports
- 243 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 216 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 212 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 211 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 200-210 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 195 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 177-181 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 164 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 150 Durham Street South, 1 report
- 141 Durham Street South, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 313 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 64 reports
- Water & drains, 10 reports
- Everything else, 10 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 8 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 7 reports
- 2016, 5 reports
- 2017, 9 reports
- 2018, 6 reports
- 2019, 13 reports
- 2020, 10 reports
- 2021, 12 reports
- 2022, 27 reports
- 2023, 71 reports
- 2024, 143 reports
- 2025, 70 reports
On the register
- St Michael's School Hall and Setting, 243 Durham Street South
On foot, Belfries and chapels walks this street.
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 141 on the shelf; the 6 earliest:
- Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)
· Papers Past,
…william christchurch leasehold no 279 kilmore street christchurch house and carter james durham street south christ ith of an acre of land nos 2091 1807 on church household house on section 864 durha…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860)
· Papers Past,
…william christchurch leasehold no 279 kilmore street christchurch house a i carter james durham street south christ th of an acre of land nos 2091 180 on church household house on section 864 durham…
- JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)
· Papers Past,
…ohn college land lyttelton laborer carter henry thomas john rangiora drayman carter james durham street south christchurch laborer carter john coririga station stockowner cator william rpbert riccaftp…
- ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.-CLAIMS TO VOTE-1862. (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…osh pago aero kilmore strcot kilmoro street part section 271 llios j bum 140 town reserve durham street south liichard taylor o sections 671 and 672 latimorsquto stti colombo street north h c p soulsb…
- ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.—CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…ehold household leasehold kilmoro street kilmoro streot part section 271 140 town rosorve durham street south sections 671 and 672 latimer squaro colombo street north houso and armagh stroot town roso…
- MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. (Star, 02 July 1878)
· Papers Past,
…cobsen st asaph street j mr buchanan st asapu street mr lambert kilmore street mr snoider durham street south mr snoicler durham street south mr treadwell south town belt mr tread well haity street so…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The businesses on it, 5
Premises whose address in the directory is Durham Street South, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
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 Durham Street South in 20 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Durham Street South & Moorhouse Avenue, 41 crashes pinned to the pairing.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 148 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 193 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 174 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 174 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 207 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 227 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 214 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 214 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 142 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 241 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 175 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 227 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 190 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 241 Durham Street South,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 190 Durham Street South,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
419 reports at 52 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (313), roads & footpaths (64), water & drains (10).
2015, the record covers 269 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Durham Street South and Moorhouse Avenue, 41 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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