# Deans Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 227 reports at 44 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 165 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/deans-avenue ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6121&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6121&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6121&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.* ## The addresses on it - [65 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/65-deans-avenue), 50 reports - [145 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/145-deans-avenue), 31 reports - [55 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/55-deans-avenue), 15 reports - [75 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/75-deans-avenue), 14 reports - [189 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/189-deans-avenue), 11 reports - [71 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/71-deans-avenue), 9 reports - [105 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/105-deans-avenue), 8 reports - [67 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/67-deans-avenue), 7 reports - [69 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/69-deans-avenue), 6 reports - [139 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/139-deans-avenue), 6 reports - [123 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/123-deans-avenue), 6 reports - [79 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/79-deans-avenue), 5 reports - [131 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/131-deans-avenue), 5 reports - [179 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/179-deans-avenue), 4 reports - [163 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/163-deans-avenue), 4 reports - [109 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/109-deans-avenue), 4 reports - [175 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/175-deans-avenue), 3 reports - [149 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/149-deans-avenue), 3 reports - [137 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/137-deans-avenue), 3 reports - [121 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/121-deans-avenue), 3 reports - [97 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/97-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [8-26 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/8-26-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [73 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/73-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [159 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/159-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [147-149 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/147-149-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [119 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/119-deans-avenue), 2 reports - [99 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/99-deans-avenue), 1 report - [95E Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/95e-deans-avenue), 1 report - [81 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/81-deans-avenue), 1 report - [8 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/8-deans-avenue), 1 report - [73–79 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/73%E2%80%9379-deans-avenue), 1 report - [63 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/63-deans-avenue), 1 report - [61 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/61-deans-avenue), 1 report - [35–55 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/35%E2%80%9355-deans-avenue), 1 report - [181 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/181-deans-avenue), 1 report - [169 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/169-deans-avenue), 1 report - [167A Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/167a-deans-avenue), 1 report - [147 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/147-deans-avenue), 1 report - [139–143 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/139%E2%80%93143-deans-avenue), 1 report - [129 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/129-deans-avenue), 1 report - [127 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/127-deans-avenue), 1 report - [125–133 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/125%E2%80%93133-deans-avenue), 1 report - [121-127 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/121-127-deans-avenue), 1 report - [101 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/101-deans-avenue), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 99 reports - Roads & footpaths, 47 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 35 reports - Trees & parks, 24 reports - Water & drains, 17 reports - Vehicles & parking, 3 reports - Everything else, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 8 reports - 2018, 13 reports - 2019, 11 reports - 2020, 8 reports - 2021, 18 reports - 2022, 17 reports - 2023, 64 reports - 2024, 49 reports - 2025, 19 reports _2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._ ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (26 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Riccarton Hotel](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14460), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1885 - [Riccarton Road, Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/22692), [Te Papa Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/te-papa-collections-online), 1 Jan 1905 - [GROOM KILLED. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 February 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19200225.2.32.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Feb 1920 - [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 February 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240221.2.111), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Feb 1924 - [AMONG THE MISSING (Evening Post, 14 May 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400514.2.72), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 May 1940 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 19 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410519.2.9.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 May 1941 - [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 14 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410614.2.74), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Jun 1941 - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420715.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jul 1942 - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420730.2.102), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jul 1942 - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 September 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420915.2.32.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Sept 1942 - [ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 19 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450519.2.120.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 May 1945 - [Aerial view of Addington Sale yards](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2014/ccl-cs-7648), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1950 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Deans Avenue, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 04 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750304.2.14.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 05 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750305.2.12.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 06 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750306.2.13.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750310.2.14.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 11 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750311.2.15.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 15 March 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18750315.2.12.1), Wanganui Chronicle · 1875-03-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Chronicle, 04 June 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19020604.2.24.4), Wanganui Chronicle · 1902-06-04T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 April 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060411.2.20.2), Star · 1906-04-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060420.2.33.2), Star · 1906-04-20T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW ZEALAND UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. (Otago Witness, 25 April 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19060425.2.123), Otago Witness · 1906-04-25T00:00:00.000Z - [ONE FENNY. (Star, 14 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080514.2.51), Star · 1908-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - [MARRIAGES. (Star, 07 June 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090607.2.40), Star · 1909-06-07T00:00:00.000Z - [TROTTING (Hawera & Normanby Star, 05 November 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19241105.2.5.4), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1924-11-05T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 18 February 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330218.2.158.3), Evening Post · 1933-02-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 March 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19360324.2.2.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1936-03-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 October 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19361030.2.2.5), Ellesmere Guardian · 1936-10-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 December 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19361229.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1936-12-29T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8924331), 139 Deans Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08924331/public/1_hpldm5oyza5a.jpg - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8801595), 179 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08801595/public/1_lp3x6k9h42g6.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8780449), 79 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08780449/public/1_xlbvrm6ya0qe.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8476729), 125–133 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08476729/public/1_4wip3zi4jisd.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8410537), 189 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08410537/public/1_7hvvokm2nylf.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8363314), 163 Deans Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08363314/public/1_955v9c7h5sta.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8356630), 189 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08356630/public/1_uo9l4nq2wbbc.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8312989), 145 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08312989/public/1_dlm8ygofchft.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8226570), 131 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08226570/public/1_jjdwjmca05j8.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8226489), 139–143 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08226489/public/1_9cfxznufrqj.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8226005), 137 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08226005/public/1_tku0e9t3wev.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8002549), 189 Deans Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08002549/public/1_rw5qss09peee.jpg [More photographs on the Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=riccarton) ## Latest on record - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8924331) at [139 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/139-deans-avenue), 15 Sept 2026 - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8801595) at [179 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/179-deans-avenue), 24 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8780449) at [79 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/79-deans-avenue), 21 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8476729) at [125–133 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/125%E2%80%93133-deans-avenue), 26 Jun 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8410537) at [189 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/189-deans-avenue), 14 Jun 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8363314) at [163 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/163-deans-avenue), 4 Jun 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8356630) at [189 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/189-deans-avenue), 3 Jun 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8312989) at [145 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/145-deans-avenue), 26 May 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8226570) at [131 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/131-deans-avenue), 10 May 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8226489) at [139–143 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/139%E2%80%93143-deans-avenue), 10 May 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8226005) at [137 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/137-deans-avenue), 10 May 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8002549) at [189 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/189-deans-avenue), 30 Mar 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7865263) at [75 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/75-deans-avenue), 7 Mar 2026 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7548219) at [75 Deans Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/75-deans-avenue), 14 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7465451) at [69 Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/69-deans-avenue), 1 Jan 2026 ## The businesses on it (3) *Premises whose address in the directory is Deans Avenue, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Chateau on the Park - Christchurch, a DoubleTree by Hilton](https://www.chch.live/business/chateau-on-the-park-christchurch-a-doubletree-by-hilton-riccarton), Hotels · 189 Deans Avenue - [Thai Chef's Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/thai-chef-s-restaurant-riccarton), Restaurants · Cnr Riccarton Road & Deans Avenue, Riccarton - [The Chateau On The Park Christchurch A Double Tree By Hilton](https://www.chch.live/business/the-chateau-on-the-park-christchurch-a-double-tree-by-hilton-riccarton), Hotels · 189 Deans Avenue Riccarton ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 65 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 13 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Deans Avenue & Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-avenue), 81 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=deans-avenue&suburb=riccarton) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Deans Avenue?** In [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Deans Avenue?** 227 reports at 44 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (99), roads & footpaths (47), rubbish & dumping (35). **When was Deans Avenue first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 165 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Deans Avenue?** [Deans Avenue and Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/deans-avenue-and-riccarton-avenue), 81 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=riccarton&street=deans-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=deans-avenue