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Peterborough Street

541 reports at 121 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 330 separate days somebody filed something about it.

541 reports121 addresses330 days reported onfrom the air, then723 documents carry the name10 businessesthe 135th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

152 Peterborough Street, 35 reports11 Peterborough Street, 26 reports170 Peterborough Street, 23 reports51 Peterborough Street, 16 reports76 Peterborough Street, 15 reports25 Peterborough Street, 14 reports181 Peterborough Street, 14 reports52 Peterborough Street, 13 reports39 Peterborough Street, 13 reports210 Peterborough Street, 13 reports89 Peterborough Street, 12 reports53 Peterborough Street, 12 reports12 Peterborough Street, 10 reports22 Peterborough Street, 9 reports15 Peterborough Street, 9 reports78 Peterborough Street, 8 reports77 Peterborough Street, 8 reports156 Peterborough Street, 8 reports126 Peterborough Street, 8 reports124 Peterborough Street, 8 reports84 Peterborough Street, 7 reports44 Peterborough Street, 7 reports204 Peterborough Street, 7 reports189 Peterborough Street, 7 reports118 Peterborough Street, 7 reports30 Peterborough Street, 6 reports201 Peterborough Street, 6 reports185 Peterborough Street, 6 reports129 Peterborough Street, 6 reports110 Peterborough Street, 6 reports48 Peterborough Street, 5 reports196 Peterborough Street, 5 reports195 Peterborough Street, 5 reports137 Peterborough Street, 5 reports91 Peterborough Street, 4 reports90 Peterborough Street, 4 reports87 Peterborough Street, 4 reports85 Peterborough Street, 4 reports75 Peterborough Street, 4 reports73 Peterborough Street, 4 reports52A Peterborough Street, 4 reports212 Peterborough Street, 4 reports203 Peterborough Street, 4 reports183 Peterborough Street, 4 reports175 Peterborough Street, 4 reports171 Peterborough Street, 4 reports142–152 Peterborough Street, 4 reports134 Peterborough Street, 4 reports132 Peterborough Street, 4 reports130 Peterborough Street, 4 reports116 Peterborough Street, 4 reports108 Peterborough Street, 4 reports96 Peterborough Street, 3 reports71 Peterborough Street, 3 reports226 Peterborough Street, 3 reports211 Peterborough Street, 3 reports202 Peterborough Street, 3 reports198 Peterborough Street, 3 reports188 Peterborough Street, 3 reports184 Peterborough Street, 3 reports167 Peterborough Street, 3 reports147 Peterborough Street, 3 reports139 Peterborough Street, 3 reports136 Peterborough Street, 3 reports127 Peterborough Street, 3 reports112 Peterborough Street, 3 reports100 Peterborough Street, 3 reports219 Peterborough Street, 2 reports194 Peterborough Street, 2 reports176B Peterborough Street, 2 reports174 Peterborough Street, 2 reports172 Peterborough Street, 2 reports171B Peterborough Street, 2 reports158 Peterborough Street, 2 reports155 Peterborough Street, 2 reports149 Peterborough Street, 2 reports143 Peterborough Street, 2 reports12/75 Peterborough Street, 2 reports94 Peterborough Street, 1 report89-91 Peterborough Street, 1 report8013/100 Peterborough Street, 1 report69 Peterborough Street, 1 report54 Peterborough Street, 1 report49 Peterborough Street, 1 report30-44 Peterborough Street, 1 report28 Peterborough Street, 1 report26 Peterborough Street, 1 report24 Peterborough Street, 1 report227 Peterborough Street, 1 report222B Peterborough Street, 1 report222A Peterborough Street, 1 report222 Peterborough Street, 1 report221 Peterborough Street, 1 report220 Peterborough Street, 1 report216 Peterborough Street, 1 report215 Peterborough Street, 1 report213 Peterborough Street, 1 report2/22 Peterborough Street, 1 report193 Peterborough Street, 1 report192 Peterborough Street, 1 report187-189 Peterborough Street, 1 report180 Peterborough Street, 1 report18 Peterborough Street, 1 report176A Peterborough Street, 1 report176 Peterborough Street, 1 report165 Peterborough Street, 1 report160 Peterborough Street, 1 report157 Peterborough Street, 1 report154 Peterborough Street, 1 report149-155 Peterborough Street, 1 report145 Peterborough Street, 1 report144 Peterborough Street, 1 report143A Peterborough Street, 1 report14 Peterborough Street, 1 report135 Peterborough Street, 1 report131 Peterborough Street, 1 report120 Peterborough Street, 1 report12-14 Peterborough Street, 1 report117 Peterborough Street, 1 report115 Peterborough Street, 1 report102 Peterborough Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Peterborough Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Peterborough Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Peterborough Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Peterborough 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 61 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 723 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 10

Premises whose address in the directory is Peterborough Street, 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 61 m away Victoria Triangles set of steps · 77 m away Fire Fighters Reserve set of steps · 123 m away Hagley Park North footbridge · 143 m away Fire Fighters Reserve set of steps · 149 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Peterborough Street in 47 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 12 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, 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 Peterborough Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Peterborough Street?

541 reports at 121 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (257), roads & footpaths (96), water & drains (70).

When was Peterborough Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 330 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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