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Byron Street

266 reports at 52 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 139 separate days somebody filed something about it.

266 reports52 addresses139 days reported onfrom the air, then147 documents carry the namethe 496th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

15 Byron Street, 22 reports57 Byron Street, 15 reports15A Byron Street, 15 reports95 Byron Street, 14 reports19 Byron Street, 11 reports96 Byron Street, 9 reports15C Byron Street, 9 reports54 Byron Street, 8 reports35 Byron Street, 8 reports29 Byron Street, 8 reports20 Byron Street, 8 reports2 Byron Street, 8 reports34 Byron Street, 7 reports28A Byron Street, 7 reports24 Byron Street, 7 reports23 Byron Street, 7 reports91 Byron Street, 6 reports71 Byron Street, 6 reports56 Byron Street, 6 reports55 Byron Street, 6 reports94 Byron Street, 5 reports53 Byron Street, 5 reports36 Byron Street, 5 reports19F Byron Street, 5 reports85 Byron Street, 4 reports78 Byron Street, 4 reports55E Byron Street, 4 reports40 Byron Street, 4 reports15B Byron Street, 4 reports81 Byron Street, 3 reports32 Byron Street, 3 reports28B Byron Street, 3 reports25 Byron Street, 3 reports10 Byron Street, 3 reports59 Byron Street, 2 reports58 Byron Street, 2 reports28 Byron Street, 2 reports17–19 Byron Street, 2 reports106 Byron Street, 2 reports104 Byron Street, 2 reports93 Byron Street, 1 report87 Byron Street, 1 report82 Byron Street, 1 report72a Byron Street, 1 report66-72 Byron Street, 1 report33A Byron Street, 1 report27 Byron Street, 1 report26 Byron Street, 1 report18F Byron Street, 1 report16 Byron Street, 1 report102 Byron Street, 1 report100 Byron Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Byron Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Byron Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Byron Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Byron 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. 147 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 Byron Street in 46 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 14 seriously hurt.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Pest / Vermin, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPavement - Damaged, 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 photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Byron Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Byron Street?

266 reports at 52 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (187), roads & footpaths (28), water & drains (20).

When was Byron Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 139 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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