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Oxford Terrace

3,637 reports at 221 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 1,616 separate days somebody filed something about it.

3,637 reports221 addresses1,616 days reported on8 on the registerfrom the air, then2,509 documents carry the name49 businessesthe 1st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

159 Oxford Terrace, 181 reports153 Oxford Terrace, 174 reports95 Oxford Terrace, 126 reports211 Oxford Terrace, 126 reports182 Oxford Terrace, 122 reports184 Oxford Terrace, 109 reports294 Oxford Terrace, 92 reports152 Oxford Terrace, 87 reports54 Oxford Terrace, 73 reports366 Oxford Terrace, 70 reports286 Oxford Terrace, 69 reports210 Oxford Terrace, 69 reports96 Oxford Terrace, 67 reports176 Oxford Terrace, 65 reports409 Oxford Terrace, 59 reports262 Oxford Terrace, 59 reports332 Oxford Terrace, 54 reports267 Oxford Terrace, 43 reports44 Oxford Terrace, 42 reports52 Oxford Terrace, 40 reports4 Oxford Terrace, 40 reports344 Oxford Terrace, 39 reports290 Oxford Terrace, 39 reports74 Oxford Terrace, 38 reports234 Oxford Terrace, 38 reports256 Oxford Terrace, 37 reports2 Oxford Terrace, 37 reports95A Oxford Terrace, 35 reports254 Oxford Terrace, 35 reports215 Oxford Terrace, 35 reports174A Oxford Terrace, 35 reports472 Oxford Terrace, 34 reports75 Oxford Terrace, 31 reports291 Oxford 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Oxford Terrace, 1 report316 Oxford Terrace, 1 report314-316 Oxford Terrace, 1 report244 Oxford Terrace, 1 report23 Oxford Terrace, 1 report222 Oxford Terrace, 1 report220 Oxford Terrace, 1 report218-208 Oxford Terrace, 1 report211-215 Oxford Terrace, 1 report194-202 Oxford Terrace, 1 report188 Oxford Terrace, 1 report172 Oxford Terrace, 1 report146 Oxford Terrace, 1 report129 Oxford Terrace, 1 report125 Oxford Terrace, 1 report112 Oxford Terrace, 1 report111 Oxford Terrace, 1 report11 Oxford Terrace, 1 report104 Oxford Terrace, 1 reportCaptain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting: registerFormer Dwelling and Setting: registerFormer Dwelling and Setting: registerFormer Midland Club and Setting: registerFormer Municipal Chambers and Setting: registerSt Michael and All Angels Church Belfry and Setting: registerSt. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting: registerThe Bricks Site, Cairn and Setting: register

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

Oxford Terrace from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Oxford Terrace from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Oxford Terrace 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 161 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, The city’s stones · The boulevard · Belfries and chapels walk this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 2,509 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 49

Premises whose address in the directory is Oxford Terrace, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

…and 37 more whose address names it.

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.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 2 m away Ferrier Fountain lake · 108 m away Mill Island island · 12 m away Rhododendron Island island · 21 m away Avon Corridor 1 Rrz Land set of steps · 5 m away Avon Corridor 1 Rrz Land boardwalk · 6 m away Avon Riverbank Central City ramp · 7 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 7 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 7 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Oxford Terrace in 56 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 11 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Montreal Street & Oxford Terrace, 44 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

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, 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 Oxford Terrace?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Oxford Terrace?

3,637 reports at 221 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (2,349), roads & footpaths (346), trees & parks (340).

When was Oxford Terrace first reported on?

2015, the record covers 1,616 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Oxford Terrace?

Montreal Street and Oxford Terrace, 44 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Oxford Terrace?

Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting, Former Dwelling and Setting, Former Dwelling and Setting, 5 more on the register.

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