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Worcester Boulevard

157 reports at 35 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 134 separate days somebody filed something about it.

157 reports35 addresses134 days reported onfrom the air, then64 documents carry the name13 businessesthe 518th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

60 Worcester Boulevard, 22 reports56 Worcester Boulevard, 14 reports5 Worcester Boulevard, 13 reports75 Worcester Boulevard, 10 reports28 Worcester Boulevard, 10 reports48 Worcester Boulevard, 9 reports2 Worcester Boulevard, 9 reports78 Worcester Boulevard, 6 reports62 Worcester Boulevard, 6 reports15 Worcester Boulevard, 6 reports63 Worcester Boulevard, 5 reports30 Worcester Boulevard, 5 reports23 Worcester Boulevard, 4 reports21 Worcester Boulevard, 4 reports86 Worcester Boulevard, 3 reports49 Worcester Boulevard, 3 reports31 Worcester Boulevard, 3 reports97 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports92 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports90 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports89 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports67 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports65-67 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports40 Worcester Boulevard, 2 reports94 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report91 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report65 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report52-56 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report49-59 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report4-20 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report35 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report28-40 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report20 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report17 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report1 Worcester Boulevard, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Worcester Boulevard from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Worcester Boulevard from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Worcester Boulevard 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. 64 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 13

Premises whose address in the directory is Worcester Boulevard, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

…and 1 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 · 9 m away Mill Island island · 100 m away Rhododendron Island island · 262 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 11 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 12 m away Avon Riverbank Central City jetty · 13 m away Avon Riverbank Central City ramp · 25 m away Godley Statue Reserve ramp · 52 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Worcester Boulevard in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, 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 traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Worcester Boulevard?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Worcester Boulevard?

157 reports at 35 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (80), roads & footpaths (44), water & drains (13).

When was Worcester Boulevard first reported on?

2015, the record covers 134 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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