# Epsom Road, Sockburn, Christchurch

171 reports at 66 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 146 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/epsom-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5357&lon=172.5503&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5357&lon=172.5503&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5357&lon=172.5503&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
- [87 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87-epsom-road), 26 reports
- [87D Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87d-epsom-road), 9 reports
- [85 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/85-epsom-road), 9 reports
- [70 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/70-epsom-road), 8 reports
- [42 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/42-epsom-road), 8 reports
- [80 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/80-epsom-road), 5 reports
- [32 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/32-epsom-road), 5 reports
- [24 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 5 reports
- [89 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/89-epsom-road), 4 reports
- [63 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/63-epsom-road), 4 reports
- [59 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/59-epsom-road), 4 reports
- [79 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/79-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [77 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/77-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [62 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/62-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [20 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/20-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [15 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/15-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [10A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/10a-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [10 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/10-epsom-road), 3 reports
- [8A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/8a-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [83 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/83-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [81 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/81-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [57 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/57-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [56B Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/56b-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [51 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/51-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [50A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/50a-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [46E Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/46e-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [46 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/46-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [36a Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/36a-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [31 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/31-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [30 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/30-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [29 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/29-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [18A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/18a-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [17 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/17-epsom-road), 2 reports
- [99C Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/99c-epsom-road), 1 report
- [99A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/99a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [87-89 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87-89-epsom-road), 1 report
- [78 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/78-epsom-road), 1 report
- [76-68 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/76-68-epsom-road), 1 report
- [75 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/75-epsom-road), 1 report
- [70A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/70a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [6A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [67 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/67-epsom-road), 1 report
- [66A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/66a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [66 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/66-epsom-road), 1 report
- [65 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/65-epsom-road), 1 report
- [64 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/64-epsom-road), 1 report
- [63-71 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/63-71-epsom-road), 1 report
- [61 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/61-epsom-road), 1 report
- [60 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/60-epsom-road), 1 report
- [56A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/56a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [52A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/52a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [52 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/52-epsom-road), 1 report
- [50 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/50-epsom-road), 1 report
- [47A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/47a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [45A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/45a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [45 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/45-epsom-road), 1 report
- [40 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/40-epsom-road), 1 report
- [4 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/4-epsom-road), 1 report
- [34B Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/34b-epsom-road), 1 report
- [28 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/28-epsom-road), 1 report
- [18 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/18-epsom-road), 1 report
- [14A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/14a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [14 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/14-epsom-road), 1 report
- [130 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/130-epsom-road), 1 report
- [12A Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/12a-epsom-road), 1 report
- [1/70 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-70-epsom-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 48 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 35 reports
- Water & drains, 30 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 27 reports
- Trees & parks, 16 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 9 reports
- Everything else, 5 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2017, 10 reports
- 2018, 11 reports
- 2019, 6 reports
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 21 reports
- 2023, 26 reports
- 2024, 29 reports
- 2025, 31 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 (6 on the shelf; the 2 earliest listed).*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Auckland Star, 13 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18780813.2.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Aug 1878
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Observer, 26 August 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19160826.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Aug 1916

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Epsom Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840905.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840906.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840910.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840912.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840915.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840919.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840922.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840924.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840925.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840926.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840930.2.2.3), Star · 1884-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841007.2.2.3), Star · 1884-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841027.2.36.3), Star · 1884-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times, 13 March 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18940313.2.22), Otago Daily Times · 1894-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHILDREN'S COMPETITION (Evening Post, 12 January 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270112.2.139), Evening Post · 1927-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 November 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331114.2.30), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 May 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350525.2.177.5), Evening Post · 1935-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 12 January 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380112.2.156), Evening Post · 1938-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 06 January 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440106.2.26), Evening Post · 1944-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 07 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450507.2.60), Evening Post · 1945-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9028479), 59 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09028479/public/1_gaz1fj0gt3f.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8996549), 79 Epsom Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08996549/public/1_ife5vqre4jja.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8993181), 61 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08993181/public/1_ja30o7xb9ra9.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8932219), 24 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08932219/public/1_f7rb9udcpvf6.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8787861), 87 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08787861/public/1_2ixtskh88aij.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736870), 45 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08736870/public/1_pl93s8jhz8qr.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8699239), 63 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08699239/public/1_auru22aeetri.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8665382), 20 Epsom Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08665382/public/1_ldfo0bf1cdb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8587383), 24 Epsom Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08587383/public/1_s80y5zo9j5fs.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8550692), 63 Epsom Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08550692/public/1_h9bdj3x5gm7.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8440111), 87 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08440111/public/1_0dmai8vvl8s57.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8243425), 15 Epsom Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08243425/public/1_nvcev0hz72iy.jpg

[More photographs on the Sockburn wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sockburn)

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9028479) at [59 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/59-epsom-road), 4 Oct 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8996549) at [79 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/79-epsom-road), 28 Sept 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8993181) at [61 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/61-epsom-road), 28 Sept 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8932219) at [24 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 16 Sept 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8787861) at [87 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87-epsom-road), 22 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736870) at [45 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/45-epsom-road), 13 Aug 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8699239) at [63 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/63-epsom-road), 6 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8665382) at [20 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/20-epsom-road), 31 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8587383) at [24 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 17 Jul 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8550692) at [63 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/63-epsom-road), 10 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8440111) at [87 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87-epsom-road), 19 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8243425) at [15 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/15-epsom-road), 13 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7885023) at [64 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/64-epsom-road), 11 Mar 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7812225) at [24 Epsom Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 26 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7759792) at [24 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 18 Feb 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 23 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Epsom Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/epsom-road-and-main-south-road), 58 crashes pinned to the pairing.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=epsom-road&suburb=sockburn)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Epsom Road?**

In [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Epsom Road?**

171 reports at 66 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (48), graffiti & vandalism (35), water & drains (30).

**When was Epsom Road first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 146 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Epsom Road?**

[Epsom Road and Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/epsom-road-and-main-south-road), 58 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sockburn&street=epsom-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=epsom-road