# Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

521 reports at 73 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 407 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/middleton-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5348&lon=172.5806&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5348&lon=172.5806&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5348&lon=172.5806&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
- [45 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-middleton-road), 67 reports
- [49 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/49-middleton-road), 50 reports
- [51B Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/51b-middleton-road), 36 reports
- [46 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-middleton-road), 30 reports
- [12 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/12-middleton-road), 26 reports
- [41 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/41-middleton-road), 23 reports
- [39B Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39b-middleton-road), 22 reports
- [16 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/16-middleton-road), 19 reports
- [52 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/52-middleton-road), 18 reports
- [20 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/20-middleton-road), 18 reports
- [51 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/51-middleton-road), 16 reports
- [40A Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40a-middleton-road), 16 reports
- [62 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62-middleton-road), 11 reports
- [38 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-middleton-road), 9 reports
- [32 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/32-middleton-road), 9 reports
- [24 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/24-middleton-road), 9 reports
- [63 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/63-middleton-road), 7 reports
- [18 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/18-middleton-road), 7 reports
- [69 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/69-middleton-road), 6 reports
- [34 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/34-middleton-road), 6 reports
- [61 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/61-middleton-road), 5 reports
- [6 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-middleton-road), 5 reports
- [58 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58-middleton-road), 5 reports
- [22 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/22-middleton-road), 5 reports
- [86 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/86-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [73 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/73-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [71 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/71-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [60 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/60-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [39 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [33A Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33a-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [1 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/1-middleton-road), 4 reports
- [85 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [81A Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/81a-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [68 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/68-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [67 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/67-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [44 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/44-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [23 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/23-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [14 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/14-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [10 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/10-middleton-road), 3 reports
- [91 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/91-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [90 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/90-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [82 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/82-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [5 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/5-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [47 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [40B Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40b-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [27 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/27-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [25 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [24-18 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/24-18-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [17 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/17-middleton-road), 2 reports
- [98 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/98-middleton-road), 1 report
- [92 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/92-middleton-road), 1 report
- [85A Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85a-middleton-road), 1 report
- [84 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/84-middleton-road), 1 report
- [83 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/83-middleton-road), 1 report
- [8 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-middleton-road), 1 report
- [78a Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/78a-middleton-road), 1 report
- [77 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/77-middleton-road), 1 report
- [76 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/76-middleton-road), 1 report
- [7 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-middleton-road), 1 report
- [57 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57-middleton-road), 1 report
- [55 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/55-middleton-road), 1 report
- [44-40 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/44-40-middleton-road), 1 report
- [42 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-middleton-road), 1 report
- [4 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-middleton-road), 1 report
- [37–39 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/37%E2%80%9339-middleton-road), 1 report
- [37 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/37-middleton-road), 1 report
- [36 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36-middleton-road), 1 report
- [33-39 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-39-middleton-road), 1 report
- [19-21 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/19-21-middleton-road), 1 report
- [16A Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/16a-middleton-road), 1 report
- [11 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-middleton-road), 1 report
- [101E Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/101e-middleton-road), 1 report
- [101 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/101-middleton-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 258 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 79 reports
- Trees & parks, 66 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 57 reports
- Water & drains, 29 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 22 reports
- Everything else, 9 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 5 reports
- 2016, 7 reports
- 2017, 5 reports
- 2018, 5 reports
- 2019, 21 reports
- 2020, 12 reports
- 2021, 18 reports
- 2022, 86 reports
- 2023, 123 reports
- 2024, 98 reports
- 2025, 79 reports

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## On the register
- [Dwelling and Setting, Midway](https://www.chch.live/place/151), 7 Middleton Road

On foot: [The old road’s houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/upper-riccarton-old-road) walks this street.

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (21 on the shelf; the 4 earliest listed).*
- [ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 17 June 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800617.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jun 1880
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 March 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060303.2.75.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Mar 1906
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080606.2.76.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jun 1908
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 September 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080926.2.77.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Sept 1908

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Middleton Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Evans, Charles, Papauni Laboure (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.4), Lyttelton Times · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.21.2), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 02 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591102.2.23.4), Lyttelton Times · 1859-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 05 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591105.2.3.4), Lyttelton Times · 1859-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591116.2.3.4), Lyttelton Times · 1859-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.20.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [LIST OF CLAMANTS TO BE PLACED ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHEVIOT. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.24.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800921.2.18.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1880-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000216.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000223.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000302.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000313.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000320.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000327.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000330.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000410.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 April 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000420.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 September 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19100910.2.32.4), Ashburton Guardian · 1910-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9045894), 38 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09045894/public/1_4v571m56zjh2.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9006338), 41 Middleton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09006338/public/1_8lt88cgvnhu.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8980331), 41 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08980331/public/1_jtc9oos9vwb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8961899), 39B Middleton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08961899/public/1_f965bo7b1wok.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8922655), 33A Middleton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08922655/public/1_lzq25sslt8tv.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8921824), 46 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08921824/public/1_ofwz4m73vpb.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8915850), 52 Middleton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915850/public/1_k0xpnnhytxau.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8894214), 84 Middleton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08894214/public/1_hy5w7or6rl5o.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8883236), 46 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08883236/public/1_5a12xdv02n77.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8876847), 45 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08876847/public/1_e7ocgaehm35.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8845390), 39B Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08845390/public/1_0g7jaxm6d4r5l.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8836521), 49 Middleton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08836521/public/1_5btqvubi35yq.jpg

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Latest on record
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9045894) at [38 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-middleton-road), 7 Oct 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9006338) at [41 Middleton Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/41-middleton-road), 30 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8980331) at [41 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/41-middleton-road), 25 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8961899) at [39B Middleton Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39b-middleton-road), 22 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8922655) at [33A Middleton Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33a-middleton-road), 15 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8921824) at [46 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-middleton-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8915850) at [52 Middleton Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/52-middleton-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8894214) at [84 Middleton Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/84-middleton-road), 9 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8883236) at [46 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-middleton-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8876847) at [45 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-middleton-road), 7 Sept 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8845390) at [39B Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39b-middleton-road), 1 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8836521) at [49 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/49-middleton-road), 31 Aug 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8808103) at [20 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/20-middleton-road), 26 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8767119) at [52 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/52-middleton-road), 18 Aug 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8764413) at [45 Middleton Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-middleton-road), 18 Aug 2026

## The businesses on it (1)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Middleton Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [101 Stars Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/101-stars-motel-upper-riccarton), Hotels · 101 Middleton Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 42 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Middleton Road & Riccarton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/middleton-road-and-riccarton-road), 45 crashes pinned to the pairing.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=middleton-road&suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Middleton Road?**

In [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Middleton Road?**

521 reports at 73 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (258), roads & footpaths (79), trees & parks (66).

**When was Middleton Road first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 407 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Middleton Road?**

[Middleton Road and Riccarton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/middleton-road-and-riccarton-road), 45 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

**What heritage places are on Middleton Road?**

[Dwelling and Setting, Midway](https://www.chch.live/place/151).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=upper-riccarton&street=middleton-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=middleton-road