# Walton Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

1,431 reports at 25 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 149 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/walton-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5495&lon=172.6388&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5495&lon=172.6388&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5495&lon=172.6388&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
- [39 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/39-walton-street), 1,006 reports
- [41 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/41-walton-street), 196 reports
- [35 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/35-walton-street), 69 reports
- [45 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/45-walton-street), 27 reports
- [9 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-walton-street), 18 reports
- [43 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/43-walton-street), 16 reports
- [24 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/24-walton-street), 12 reports
- [15 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-walton-street), 12 reports
- [15B Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15b-walton-street), 10 reports
- [20 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/20-walton-street), 8 reports
- [18 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-walton-street), 8 reports
- [34 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/34-walton-street), 7 reports
- [33 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/33-walton-street), 7 reports
- [42 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/42-walton-street), 6 reports
- [27 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/27-walton-street), 6 reports
- [23 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/23-walton-street), 6 reports
- [26 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/26-walton-street), 3 reports
- [40 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/40-walton-street), 2 reports
- [36 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/36-walton-street), 2 reports
- [3 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/3-walton-street), 2 reports
- [29 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/29-walton-street), 2 reports
- [28 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/28-walton-street), 2 reports
- [21 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/21-walton-street), 2 reports
- [32 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/32-walton-street), 1 report
- [18-42 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-42-walton-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 722 reports
- Water & drains, 256 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 131 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 128 reports
- Everything else, 100 reports
- Trees & parks, 76 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 13 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 4 reports

## Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 117 reports
- 2023, 1,270 reports
- 2024, 26 reports
- 2025, 9 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 (42 on the shelf; the 10 earliest listed).*
- [Untitled (Grey River Argus, 29 November 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18721129.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Nov 1872
- [Sydenham Borough Council. (Star, 26 February 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840226.2.44), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Feb 1884
- [DEATHS. (Star, 16 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840916.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Sept 1884
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840920.2.14.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Sept 1884
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840927.2.12.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Sept 1884
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851024.2.5.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Oct 1885
- [INFECTIOUS DISEASES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 22 March 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19110322.2.69), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Mar 1911
- [INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Taranaki Daily News 22-3-1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19110322.2.48), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Mar 1911
- [PROPERTY SALES. (Tuapeka Times 17-4-1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT19180417.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Apr 1918
- [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 15 December 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231215.2.134), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Dec 1923

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Walton Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681019.2.2.4), Star · 1868-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 February 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840208.2.20.1), Star · 1884-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 February 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840221.2.12.2), Star · 1884-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 January 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860125.2.19.2), Star · 1886-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 March 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860309.2.14.6), Star · 1886-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 May 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860507.2.14.4), Star · 1886-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990510.2.4.3), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990513.2.5.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990520.2.4.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990524.2.4.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990527.2.7.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 March 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060310.2.90.6), Star · 1906-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [CANTERBURY RUGBY UNION. (Star, 06 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080506.2.60), Star · 1908-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [SYDENHAM SUICIDE. (Ashburton Guardian, 28 April 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19190428.2.25.2), Ashburton Guardian · 1919-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410711.2.75), Evening Post · 1941-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8811841), 18 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08811841/public/1_qtq8ei72q5n.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7787836), 42 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07787836/public/1_lw3ff9w4cigs.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7375394), 36 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07375394/public/1_4anfryf49l6n.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6706958), 26 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06706958/public/1_59nw3hhibrfq.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6701803), 15 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06701803/public/1_k2pqne1v4bi4.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5790464), 18 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05790464/public/1_62i4lsmg4ly2.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659031), 18 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05659031/public/1_emkvajfe93u3.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659021), 15 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05659021/public/1_p8lpa2efl5d.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659014), 15 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05659014/public/1_n4soa77jfmd7.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659011), 9 Walton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05659011/public/1_v0c7s4tt2dpb.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659006), 9 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05659006/public/1_2dg0uw5wu1li.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5375544), 43 Walton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05375544/public/1_ynnr5b9hhm7.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8811841) at [18 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-walton-street), 26 Aug 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7787836) at [42 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/42-walton-street), 23 Feb 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7375394) at [36 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/36-walton-street), 13 Dec 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6706958) at [26 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/26-walton-street), 6 Aug 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6701803) at [15 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-walton-street), 5 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5790464) at [18 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-walton-street), 31 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659031) at [18 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-walton-street), 7 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659021) at [15 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-walton-street), 7 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659014) at [15 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-walton-street), 7 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659011) at [9 Walton St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-walton-street), 7 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5659006) at [9 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-walton-street), 7 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5375544) at [43 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/43-walton-street), 7 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5247117) at [15 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-walton-street), 10 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4959425) at [18 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-walton-street), 3 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4959419) at [9 Walton Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-walton-street), 3 Aug 2024

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Walton Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Walton Street?**

1,431 reports at 25 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (722), water & drains (256), graffiti & vandalism (131).

**When was Walton Street first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 149 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sydenham&street=walton-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=walton-street