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Forfar Street

106 reports at 39 addresses in Saint Albans, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 93 separate days somebody filed something about it.

106 reports39 addresses93 days reported onfrom the air, then26 documents carry the namethe 748th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

43 Forfar Street, 11 reports7 Forfar Street, 8 reports35 Forfar Street, 8 reports9 Forfar Street, 7 reports27 Forfar Street, 7 reports46 Forfar Street, 6 reports88 Forfar Street, 4 reports63 Forfar Street, 4 reports54 Forfar Street, 4 reports6 Forfar Street, 3 reports56 Forfar Street, 3 reports47 Forfar Street, 3 reports34A Forfar Street, 3 reports30 Forfar Street, 3 reports71 Forfar Street, 2 reports51 Forfar Street, 2 reports37 Forfar Street, 2 reports34 Forfar Street, 2 reports33 Forfar Street, 2 reports120 Forfar Street, 2 reports100 Forfar Street, 2 reports98 Forfar Street, 1 report96 Forfar Street, 1 report95 Forfar Street, 1 report91 Forfar Street, 1 report75 Forfar Street, 1 report66 Forfar Street, 1 report53 Forfar Street, 1 report52 Forfar Street, 1 report39 Forfar Street, 1 report27–31 Forfar Street, 1 report119 Forfar Street, 1 report115 Forfar Street, 1 report111 Forfar Street, 1 report109 Forfar Street, 1 report107 Forfar Street, 1 report105A Forfar Street, 1 report105 Forfar Street, 1 report104 Forfar Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Forfar Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar 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. 26 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 Forfar Street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Accessibility, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoSewer General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Saint Albans wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Forfar Street?

In Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Forfar Street?

106 reports at 39 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (29), graffiti & vandalism (28), water & drains (26).

When was Forfar Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 93 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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