# Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 4 reports at 3 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2025. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/madras-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6441&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6441&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6441&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6441&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 - [120J Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120j-madras-street), 2 reports - [120FB Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120fb-madras-street), 1 report - [118 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/118-madras-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 reports ## Year by year - 2016, 1 report - 2024, 1 report - 2025, 2 reports ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (1,494 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520131.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Jan 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520214.2.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Feb 1852 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 21 February 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520221.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Feb 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520313.2.15.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Mar 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 27 March 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520327.2.15.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Mar 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520403.2.16.5.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520417.2.20.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Apr 1852 - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.16.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 May 1852 - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520515.2.18.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 May 1852 - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530723.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jul 1853 ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5940820), 120J Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05940820/public/1_tkpqfnj6qlo9.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5529397), 120FB Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05529397/public/1_cfvouxfltth8.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/110237), 118 Madras St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00110237/0 [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Latest on record - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5940820) at [120J Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120j-madras-street), 26 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5927403) at [120J Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120j-madras-street), 24 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5529397) at [120FB Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120fb-madras-street), 9 Dec 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/110237) at [118 Madras St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/118-madras-street), 5 Jan 2016 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [View from Oxford Terrace near Kilmore Street, looking towards the Madras Street bridge, October 28th 1964 (Canterbury Stories CCL-PH20-019).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x4ajfr/view_from_oxford_terrace_near_kilmore_street/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 13 Oct 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 6 seriously hurt. The corner the record returns to: [Bealey Avenue & Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-madras-street), 30 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-street&suburb=sydenham) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Madras Street?** In [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Madras Street?** 4 reports at 3 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (4). **When was Madras Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025. **What is the busiest corner on Madras Street?** [Bealey Avenue and Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-madras-street), 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sydenham&street=madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=madras-street