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Madras Street

1,362 reports at 191 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 692 separate days somebody filed something about it.

1,362 reports191 addresses692 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then1,823 documents carry the name16 businessesthe 26th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

153 Madras Street, 73 reports169 Madras Street, 50 reports145 Madras Street, 49 reports282 Madras Street, 37 reports160 Madras Street, 35 reports163 Madras Street, 32 reports281 Madras Street, 30 reports167 Madras Street, 28 reports264 Madras Street, 27 reports130 Madras Street, 27 reports199 Madras Street, 25 reports150 Madras Street, 23 reports220 Madras Street, 22 reports192 Madras Street, 22 reports183 Madras Street, 22 reports301 Madras Street, 20 reports231 Madras Street, 20 reports171 Madras Street, 20 reports181 Madras Street, 19 reports120DL Madras Street, 19 reports118 Madras Street, 19 reports154 Madras Street, 18 reports218 Madras Street, 16 reports120 Madras Street, 16 reports390 Madras Street, 15 reports372 Madras Street, 15 reports200 Madras Street, 15 reports388 Madras Street, 14 reports233 Madras Street, 14 reports357 Madras Street, 13 reports303 Madras Street, 13 reports385 Madras Street, 11 reports345 Madras Street, 11 reports317 Madras Street, 11 reports276 Madras Street, 11 reports209 Madras Street, 11 reports205 Madras Street, 11 reports4/324 Madras Street, 10 reports379 Madras Street, 10 reports365 Madras Street, 10 reports295F Madras Street, 10 reports220A Madras Street, 10 reports204 Madras Street, 10 reports165 Madras Street, 10 reports218E Madras Street, 9 reports370 Madras Street, 8 reports361A Madras Street, 8 reports295 Madras Street, 8 reports291 Madras Street, 8 reports206 Madras Street, 8 reports141 Madras Street, 8 reports391 Madras Street, 7 reports354 Madras Street, 7 reports350 Madras Street, 7 reports341 Madras Street, 7 reports323 Madras Street, 7 reports318 Madras Street, 7 reports315 Madras Street, 7 reports207 Madras Street, 7 reports2/169 Madras Street, 7 reports2/145 Madras Street, 7 reports193 Madras Street, 7 reports145A Madras Street, 7 reports414 Madras Street, 6 reports363 Madras Street, 6 reports342 Madras Street, 6 reports324 Madras Street, 6 reports307 Madras Street, 6 reports248 Madras Street, 6 reports245 Madras 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reports120DB Madras Street, 2 reports1/357 Madras Street, 2 reports8/233 Madras Street, 1 report5/357 Madras Street, 1 report417 Madras Street, 1 report411 Madras Street, 1 report404 Madras Street, 1 report393 Madras Street, 1 report386 Madras Street, 1 report374 Madras Street, 1 report368 Madras Street, 1 report367–383 Madras Street, 1 report367-373 Madras Street, 1 report364 Madras Street, 1 report363-365 Madras Street, 1 report350-344 Madras Street, 1 report344 Madras Street, 1 report336 Madras Street, 1 report332-318 Madras Street, 1 report326 Madras Street, 1 report320 Madras Street, 1 report314-306 Madras Street, 1 report303-305 Madras Street, 1 report302-300 Madras Street, 1 report302 Madras Street, 1 report299-301 Madras Street, 1 report299 Madras Street, 1 report292 Madras Street, 1 report284 Madras Street, 1 report281-295 Madras Street, 1 report273 Madras Street, 1 report266 Madras Street, 1 report252 Madras Street, 1 report250 Madras Street, 1 report243-245 Madras Street, 1 report235 Madras Street, 1 report22/361 Madras Street, 1 report214 Madras Street, 1 report210 Madras Street, 1 report202 Madras Street, 1 report173-175 Madras Street, 1 report170-190 Madras Street, 1 report157 Madras Street, 1 report156 Madras Street, 1 report155 Madras Street, 1 report141-143 Madras Street, 1 report136-148 Madras Street, 1 report136 Madras Street, 1 report130ALX Madras Street, 1 report120U Madras Street, 1 report120G Madras Street, 1 report120FB Madras Street, 1 reportEdmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Madras Street, 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

Madras Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Madras Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Madras Street 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

and the other 131 the record names

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. 1,823 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The businesses on it, 16

Premises whose address in the directory is Madras Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

…and 4 more whose address names it.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 3 m away Fire Fighters Reserve set of steps · 2 m away Ctv Site set of steps · 10 m away Ctv Site footbridge · 11 m away Fire Fighters Reserve set of steps · 24 m away Wilson Park ramp · 29 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Bealey Avenue & Madras Street, 30 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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 photoNoise - Construction, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoLitter, a report photoLitter, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoLitter, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Madras Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Madras Street?

1,362 reports at 191 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (982), roads & footpaths (175), rubbish & dumping (60).

When was Madras Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 692 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Madras Street?

Bealey Avenue and Madras Street, 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Madras Street?

Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting.

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