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Selwyn Street

220 reports at 81 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 160 separate days somebody filed something about it.

220 reports81 addresses160 days reported onfrom the air, then654 documents carry the namethe 409th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

150 Selwyn Street, 17 reports171 Selwyn Street, 15 reports169 Selwyn Street, 9 reports56 Selwyn Street, 8 reports29 Selwyn Street, 8 reports177 Selwyn Street, 7 reports69 Selwyn Street, 6 reports83 Selwyn Street, 5 reports16 Selwyn Street, 5 reports145 Selwyn Street, 5 reports143 Selwyn Street, 5 reports129 Selwyn Street, 5 reports127 Selwyn Street, 5 reports85 Selwyn Street, 4 reports21 Selwyn Street, 4 reports154 Selwyn Street, 4 reports152 Selwyn Street, 4 reports121 Selwyn Street, 4 reports12 Selwyn Street, 4 reports118A Selwyn Street, 4 reports81 Selwyn Street, 3 reports74 Selwyn Street, 3 reports68 Selwyn Street, 3 reports39 Selwyn Street, 3 reports161 Selwyn Street, 3 reports137 Selwyn Street, 3 reports95 Selwyn Street, 2 reports88 Selwyn Street, 2 reports86 Selwyn Street, 2 reports82 Selwyn Street, 2 reports70 Selwyn Street, 2 reports65 Selwyn Street, 2 reports58 Selwyn Street, 2 reports47 Selwyn Street, 2 reports45 Selwyn Street, 2 reports44 Selwyn Street, 2 reports3 Selwyn Street, 2 reports176 Selwyn Street, 2 reports160A Selwyn Street, 2 reports147 Selwyn Street, 2 reports130 Selwyn Street, 2 reports123 Selwyn Street, 2 reports122 Selwyn Street, 2 reports112 Selwyn Street, 2 reports10 Selwyn Street, 2 reports97 Selwyn Street, 1 report90 Selwyn Street, 1 report89 Selwyn Street, 1 report87A Selwyn Street, 1 report84 Selwyn Street, 1 report80 Selwyn Street, 1 report76 Selwyn Street, 1 report72 Selwyn Street, 1 report7 Selwyn Street, 1 report68A Selwyn Street, 1 report64A Selwyn Street, 1 report50 Selwyn Street, 1 report5 Selwyn Street, 1 report4A Selwyn Street, 1 report48A Selwyn Street, 1 report48 Selwyn Street, 1 report4 Selwyn Street, 1 report37 Selwyn Street, 1 report30 Selwyn Street, 1 report29-37 Selwyn Street, 1 report28 Selwyn Street, 1 report22 Selwyn Street, 1 report20 Selwyn Street, 1 report173 Selwyn Street, 1 report164 Selwyn Street, 1 report163 Selwyn Street, 1 report162 Selwyn Street, 1 report160B Selwyn Street, 1 report160 Selwyn Street, 1 report157 Selwyn Street, 1 report156 Selwyn Street, 1 report148 Selwyn Street, 1 report125 Selwyn Street, 1 report116A Selwyn Street, 1 report11 Selwyn Street, 1 report102 Selwyn Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Selwyn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Selwyn 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

and the other 21 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. 654 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 Selwyn Street in 34 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Selwyn Street, 34 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.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoFlooding, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Somerfield wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Selwyn Street?

In Somerfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Selwyn Street?

220 reports at 81 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (67), rubbish & dumping (51), water & drains (41).

When was Selwyn Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 160 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Selwyn Street?

Brougham Street and Selwyn Street, 34 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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