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Colombo Street

524 reports at 127 addresses in Saint Albans, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 337 separate days somebody filed something about it.

524 reports127 addresses337 days reported onfrom the air, thenthen / now5,416 documents carry the name10 businessesthe 129th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

932 Colombo Street, 30 reports1054A Colombo Street, 23 reports1040 Colombo Street, 22 reports965 Colombo Street, 18 reports1027 Colombo Street, 17 reports1013 Colombo Street, 15 reports1054 Colombo Street, 14 reports1073 Colombo Street, 12 reports1055 Colombo Street, 12 reports987 Colombo Street, 10 reports969 Colombo Street, 10 reports972A Colombo Street, 9 reports941 Colombo Street, 9 reports938 Colombo Street, 9 reports1066 Colombo Street, 9 reports1059 Colombo Street, 9 reports1049 Colombo Street, 9 reports1034 Colombo Street, 9 reports960 Colombo Street, 8 reports1040A Colombo Street, 8 reports1063 Colombo Street, 7 reports1048 Colombo Street, 7 reports998A Colombo Street, 6 reports984 Colombo Street, 6 reports974 Colombo Street, 6 reports928 Colombo Street, 6 reports1005 Colombo Street, 6 reports980 Colombo Street, 5 reports966 Colombo Street, 5 reports940 Colombo Street, 5 reports937 Colombo Street, 5 reports1071 Colombo Street, 5 reports1067 Colombo Street, 5 reports1033 Colombo Street, 5 reports1016A Colombo Street, 5 reports1007 Colombo Street, 5 reports977 Colombo Street, 4 reports975 Colombo Street, 4 reports973 Colombo Street, 4 reports971 Colombo Street, 4 reports957 Colombo Street, 4 reports952 Colombo Street, 4 reports947 Colombo Street, 4 reports1062A Colombo Street, 4 reports1053 Colombo Street, 4 reports1051 Colombo Street, 4 reports1047 Colombo Street, 4 reports1046 Colombo Street, 4 reports1039 Colombo Street, 4 reports1024 Colombo Street, 4 reports1016 Colombo Street, 4 reports1001 Colombo Street, 4 reports989 Colombo Street, 3 reports936 Colombo Street, 3 reports934 Colombo Street, 3 reports1064A Colombo Street, 3 reports1061 Colombo Street, 3 reports1050 Colombo Street, 3 reports1036 Colombo Street, 3 reports1032 Colombo Street, 3 reports1012 Colombo Street, 3 reports999 Colombo Street, 2 reports998 Colombo Street, 2 reports990 Colombo Street, 2 reports979 Colombo Street, 2 reports943 Colombo Street, 2 reports924A Colombo Street, 2 reports922A Colombo Street, 2 reports922 Colombo Street, 2 reports1066-1050 Colombo Street, 2 reports1064 Colombo Street, 2 reports1062 Colombo Street, 2 reports1037 Colombo Street, 2 reports1036A Colombo Street, 2 reports1031A Colombo Street, 2 reports1022 Colombo Street, 2 reports1009 Colombo Street, 2 reports995B Colombo Street, 1 report995A Colombo Street, 1 report994 Colombo Street, 1 report991 Colombo Street, 1 report984-990 Colombo Street, 1 report976 Colombo Street, 1 report972C Colombo Street, 1 report970 Colombo Street, 1 report965-1025 Colombo Street, 1 report964 Colombo Street, 1 report961 Colombo Street, 1 report959 Colombo Street, 1 report955 Colombo Street, 1 report951 Colombo Street, 1 report949 Colombo Street, 1 report947A Colombo Street, 1 report946 Colombo Street, 1 report945 Colombo Street, 1 report944-948 Colombo Street, 1 report944 Colombo Street, 1 report940-944 Colombo Street, 1 report933 Colombo Street, 1 report931 Colombo Street, 1 report926-920 Colombo Street, 1 report924 Colombo Street, 1 report920 Colombo Street, 1 report1069 Colombo Street, 1 report1067a Colombo Street, 1 report1067A Colombo Street, 1 report1065 Colombo Street, 1 report1064E Colombo Street, 1 report1062C Colombo Street, 1 report1056 Colombo Street, 1 report1045 Colombo Street, 1 report1044 Colombo Street, 1 report1042 Colombo Street, 1 report1041 Colombo Street, 1 report1027c Colombo Street, 1 report1026 Colombo Street, 1 report1023 Colombo Street, 1 report1019 Colombo Street, 1 report1018 Colombo Street, 1 report1016C Colombo Street, 1 report1011 Colombo Street, 1 report1010 Colombo Street, 1 report1008 Colombo Street, 1 report1007A Colombo Street, 1 report1006 Colombo Street, 1 report1004 Colombo Street, 1 report1003 Colombo Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

Then and now

High Street and Colombo Street
Then, 1860 · High Street and Colombo Street
Now: Google Street View, 2025-03

The photograph names Colombo Street in its title and its copy is hosted under the source record’s stated rights, it opens that record. The frame is the street as it stands, the pose the QC bank verified (outside 1040 Takeaways). The whole collection, oldest first →

The addresses on it

and the other 67 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. 5,416 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 Colombo Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

St Albans Community Centre ramp · 3 m away St Albans Community Centre set of steps · 4 m away St Albans Community Centre set of steps · 10 m away St Albans Community Centre set of steps · 21 m away St Albans Community Centre set of steps · 35 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 20 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 5 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Colombo Street, 53 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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Damaged Street Sign, a report photoFacility - General Request, 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 photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoFacility - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoFacility - General Request, a report photo more photographs
on the Saint Albans wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Colombo Street?

In Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Colombo Street?

524 reports at 127 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (233), roads & footpaths (94), water & drains (78).

When was Colombo Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 337 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Colombo Street?

Brougham Street and Colombo Street, 53 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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