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Cranford Street

122 reports at 36 addresses in Redwood, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 95 separate days somebody filed something about it.

122 reports36 addresses95 days reported onfrom the air, then65 documents carry the name22 businessesthe 732nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

471 Cranford Street, 12 reports470 Cranford Street, 11 reports533 Cranford Street, 8 reports518 Cranford Street, 7 reports517 Cranford Street, 6 reports515 Cranford Street, 6 reports510 Cranford Street, 6 reports504 Cranford Street, 6 reports531 Cranford Street, 5 reports484 Cranford Street, 5 reports478 Cranford Street, 5 reports468 Cranford Street, 5 reports520 Cranford Street, 4 reports505 Cranford Street, 4 reports503 Cranford Street, 3 reports472 Cranford Street, 3 reports528 Cranford Street, 2 reports523 Cranford Street, 2 reports513 Cranford Street, 2 reports480 Cranford Street, 2 reports472A Cranford Street, 2 reports469 Cranford Street, 2 reports537A Cranford Street, 1 report535 Cranford Street, 1 report523-531 Cranford Street, 1 report522-540 Cranford Street, 1 report511 Cranford Street, 1 report509 Cranford Street, 1 report507 Cranford Street, 1 report483 Cranford Street, 1 report482 Cranford Street, 1 report479 Cranford Street, 1 report478-482 Cranford Street, 1 report474 Cranford Street, 1 report451 Cranford Street, 1 report3/484 Cranford Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Cranford Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cranford Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cranford Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cranford 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. 65 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 22

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

…and 10 more whose address names it.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Cranford Street in 21 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 3 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Cranford Street & Innes Road, 28 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Facility - General Request, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoBus Shelter Issue, a report photoBus Shelter Issue, a report photoWater Fountain, a report photoRoads - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Redwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Cranford Street?

In Redwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Cranford Street?

122 reports at 36 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (52), roads & footpaths (37), water & drains (21).

When was Cranford Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 95 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Cranford Street?

Cranford Street and Innes Road, 28 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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