Somerset Crescent
158 reports at 38 addresses in Spreydon, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 135 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Somerset Crescent, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Spreydon.
From the air, then
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
- 53 Somerset Crescent, 43 reports
- 52 Somerset Crescent, 11 reports
- 50 Somerset Crescent, 11 reports
- 56 Somerset Crescent, 10 reports
- 57 Somerset Crescent, 8 reports
- 42 Somerset Crescent, 7 reports
- 22 Somerset Crescent, 6 reports
- 41/53 Somerset Crescent, 5 reports
- 55 Somerset Crescent, 4 reports
- 34 Somerset Crescent, 4 reports
- 2 Somerset Crescent, 4 reports
- 56A Somerset Crescent, 3 reports
- 38 Somerset Crescent, 3 reports
- 32 Somerset Crescent, 3 reports
- 28B Somerset Crescent, 3 reports
- 62 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 60 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 49 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 39 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 35 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 33 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 31 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 17 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 15 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 1 Somerset Crescent, 2 reports
- 9 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 7 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 45 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 44 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 40 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 37 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 36 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 26 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 20A Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 20 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 19 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 13 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
- 12 Somerset Crescent, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 67 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 41 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 18 reports
- Water & drains, 15 reports
- Trees & parks, 7 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Noise, 3 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 5 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2021, 17 reports
- 2022, 29 reports
- 2023, 37 reports
- 2024, 32 reports
- 2025, 22 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…on Lane, Governors Bay, Christchurch, at 10.00 a.m.Blackshaw, Paul David, decorator, of 6 Somerset Crescent, Palmerston North, at 10.50 a.m.Chase, Norman Teriu, unemployed, of 15D Norman Kirk Courts,…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Somerset Crescent in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- ROLL OF HONOUR. (Evening Post, 27 August 1915) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 June 1917) · Evening Post,
- 15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917) · Evening Post,
- DEATHS. (Evening Post, 26 September 1928) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 21 January 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 February 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 February 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 November 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 August 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1945) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Damaged Street Sign, 35 Somerset Cres,
- Dumped Rubbish, 22 Somerset Crescent,
- Dumped Rubbish, 39 Somerset Crescent,
- Water Leak, 26 Somerset Crescent,
- Pothole, 56 Somerset Crescent,
- Dumped Rubbish, 34 Somerset Crescent,
- Dumped Rubbish, 31 Somerset Cres,
- Dumped Rubbish, 2 Somerset Cres,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 13 Somerset Cres,
- Public Toilet, 53 Somerset Crescent,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 52 Somerset Cres,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 52 Somerset Cres,
- Flooding, 50 Somerset Cres,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 50 Somerset Crescent,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 56A Somerset Crescent,
Questions, answered briefly
In Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand.
158 reports at 38 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (67), rubbish & dumping (41), roads & footpaths (18).
2016, the record covers 135 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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