# Latimer Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 216 reports at 22 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 154 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/latimer-square ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6427&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6427&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6427&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 - [1 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-latimer-square), 38 reports - [39 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-latimer-square), 28 reports - [44 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-latimer-square), 25 reports - [2 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-latimer-square), 25 reports - [22 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-latimer-square), 16 reports - [30 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-latimer-square), 15 reports - [23 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-latimer-square), 10 reports - [21 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-latimer-square), 9 reports - [25 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-latimer-square), 8 reports - [20 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-latimer-square), 8 reports - [29 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/29-latimer-square), 7 reports - [181 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/181-latimer-square), 7 reports - [37 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-latimer-square), 5 reports - [3 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-latimer-square), 4 reports - [6 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-latimer-square), 3 reports - [8 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-latimer-square), 2 reports - [8/25 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-25-latimer-square), 1 report - [40-32 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-32-latimer-square), 1 report - [30A Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30a-latimer-square), 1 report - [29-35 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/29-35-latimer-square), 1 report - [197 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/197-latimer-square), 1 report - [12 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-latimer-square), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 133 reports - Roads & footpaths, 26 reports - Vehicles & parking, 20 reports - Trees & parks, 15 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 11 reports - Water & drains, 7 reports - Everything else, 4 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 1 report - 2016, 5 reports - 2018, 7 reports - 2019, 1 report - 2020, 2 reports - 2021, 1 report - 2022, 37 reports - 2023, 57 reports - 2024, 45 reports - 2025, 31 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 (381 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610420.2.16.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Apr 1861 - [RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Lyttelton Times, 18 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610518.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 May 1861 - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 09 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611109.2.14.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Nov 1861 - [Christchurch Club, Latimer Square, Christchurch, 1861](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398804), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 26 Nov 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 07 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611207.2.26.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611211.2.22.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611214.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611218.2.23.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 21 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611221.2.22.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 25 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611225.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611228.2.27.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Dec 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 04 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620104.2.21.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Jan 1862 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Latimer Square, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 December 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851224.2.18.1), Star · 1885-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [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, 25 March 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980325.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-03-25T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 April 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980413.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-04-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 April 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980419.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-04-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 29 April 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980429.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980517.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-05-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980603.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-06-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980610.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-06-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980617.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980705.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-07-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980708.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-07-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 29 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980729.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-07-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 September 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980906.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-09-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 September 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980909.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-09-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 September 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980930.2.2.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-09-30T00:00:00.000Z - [THE CITY'S PROPERTY. (Star, 25 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090225.2.47), Star · 1909-02-25T00:00:00.000Z - [THE CITY. (Ashburton Guardian, 22 September 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19130922.2.6), Ashburton Guardian · 1913-09-22T00:00:00.000Z - [COMPULSORY CAMPS (Evening Post, 20 June 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330620.2.76), Evening Post · 1933-06-20T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8924413), 21 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08924413/public/1_wn7f77oodb98.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8898810), 44 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08898810/public/1_29n4ypb6r8sa.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8857648), 37 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08857648/public/1_9hr7kx6lm2uu.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8855789), 1 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08855789/public/1_gk07u55um5cj.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8854731), 44 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08854731/public/1_ivnofefpy0n3.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8854719), 1 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08854719/public/1_y7hfbuprvz5.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8851590), 21 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08851590/public/1_c2sxlkfvx16d.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8835241), 44 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08835241/public/1_zyb2yrysgyj8.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8835234), 30A Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08835234/public/1_rkk5nplj0gu.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8796818), 39 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08796818/public/1_m17oe1swqgo.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8739253), 2 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08739253/public/1_l9fypgfj2zc.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8653093), 39 Latimer Square, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08653093/public/1_1bgjaav3m7ro.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Latest on record - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8924413) at [21 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-latimer-square), 15 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8898810) at [44 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-latimer-square), 10 Sept 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8857648) at [37 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-latimer-square), 3 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8855789) at [1 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-latimer-square), 3 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8854731) at [44 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-latimer-square), 2 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8854719) at [1 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-latimer-square), 2 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8851590) at [21 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-latimer-square), 2 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8835241) at [44 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-latimer-square), 30 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8835234) at [30A Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30a-latimer-square), 30 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8796818) at [39 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-latimer-square), 24 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8739253) at [2 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-latimer-square), 13 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8653093) at [39 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-latimer-square), 29 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8653085) at [39 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-latimer-square), 29 Jul 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8588789) at [37 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-latimer-square), 17 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8563311) at [2 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-latimer-square), 13 Jul 2026 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [Australian Magpie · Urraca Canora · Flötenvogel seen — Hereford St near Latimer Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405046090), iNaturalist · heidimeudt, 2 Oct 2026 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is Latimer Square, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Bloody Mary's](https://www.chch.live/business/bloody-mary-s-christchurch-central-city), Bars & pubs · 30 Latimer Square, inside Latimer Hotel, Central City ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 17 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=latimer-square&suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Latimer Square?** In [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Latimer Square?** 216 reports at 22 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (133), roads & footpaths (26), vehicles & parking (20). **When was Latimer Square first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 154 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-central-city&street=latimer-square · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=latimer-square