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Selwyn Street

78 reports at 17 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 60 separate days somebody filed something about it.

78 reports17 addresses60 days reported onfrom the air, then764 documents carry the namethe 1110th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

508 Selwyn Street, 15 reports488 Selwyn Street, 13 reports504 Selwyn Street, 10 reports498A Selwyn Street, 6 reports489 Selwyn Street, 6 reports480 Selwyn Street, 6 reports475 Selwyn Street, 5 reports479 Selwyn Street, 4 reports492 Selwyn Street, 3 reports498 Selwyn Street, 2 reports486 Selwyn Street, 2 reports502 Selwyn Street, 1 report496 Selwyn Street, 1 report487 Selwyn Street, 1 report485 Selwyn Street, 1 report483 Selwyn Street, 1 report481 Selwyn Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Selwyn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn 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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 764 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Selwyn Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Selwyn Street, 34 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.

As it was reported

Graffiti 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 traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoPothole, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, 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 photoPavement - Damaged, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Selwyn Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Selwyn Street?

78 reports at 17 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (46), roads & footpaths (14), water & drains (8).

When was Selwyn Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 60 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Selwyn Street?

Brougham Street and Selwyn Street, 34 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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