chch.live a decade of complaints

Christchurch has reported half a million problems.

Every one the council has published since 2015, archived here every ten minutes, because the council’s own API only ever serves today. This is the only place the past is kept.

Your suburb

And across the whole city

Reports archived
489,960
Years of history
11.5
Suburbs covered
108
Data current to
3 November 2026

Reporting has grown 15.7× since 2015

Reports per year, by kind. Not necessarily more problems, more people with the app in their pocket.

2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off.

Graffiti & vandalismRubbish & dumpingRoads & footpathsWater & drainsTrees & parksVehicles & parkingAnimals & pestsNoiseEverything else

Week by week

Reports a week, stacked by kind, point at the chart for the week behind a mark.

The city complains on Monday

Every report ever, by day of the week.

Monday carries 17% of all reports, Saturday just 11%.

Peak complaining hour is 11am

By hour of the day.

Quietest between 2am and 5am, as you would hope.

Some problems have a season

Reports by month of the year, every year stacked together.

Peaks in Jan, quietest in Jun, 1.3× the difference.

Suburbs that report most

Last five years.

Spots that keep coming up

Counted by how many separate days each address was reported, so one day of bulk filing counts once.

Reporting more than it used to

Last 12 months against the 12 before. Suburbs with at least 150 reports in the earlier year.

Wainoni +50% 232 → 347 reports
Northwood +30% 317 → 413 reports
Diamond Harbour +30% 196 → 254 reports
Westmorland +25% 181 → 227 reports
Lyttelton +20% 729 → 878 reports
Akaroa +19% 270 → 322 reports
Redwood +19% 732 → 870 reports
Huntsbury +19% 319 → 379 reports

Reporting less

The other end of the same comparison.

Clifton -9% 241 → 219 reports
Hei Hei -9% 296 → 269 reports
Saint Martins -9% 484 → 440 reports
Ferrymead -9% 422 → 384 reports
Aranui -8% 501 → 459 reports
Parklands -8% 758 → 701 reports
Heathcote Valley -7% 416 → 387 reports
Kennedys Bush -7% 168 → 157 reports

The worst days on record

The days Christchurch filed the most reports, and what they were about.

Monday, 19 February 2024
Graffiti & vandalism 162Rubbish & dumping 103Roads & footpaths 78
475
Tuesday, 6 January 2026
Graffiti & vandalism 252Rubbish & dumping 60Trees & parks 50
446
Wednesday, 7 January 2026
Graffiti & vandalism 251Rubbish & dumping 55Trees & parks 41
428
Monday, 11 November 2024
Graffiti & vandalism 185Rubbish & dumping 95Roads & footpaths 48
426
Thursday, 8 January 2026
Graffiti & vandalism 241Rubbish & dumping 65Trees & parks 38
424
Monday, 18 November 2024
Graffiti & vandalism 245Rubbish & dumping 68Trees & parks 38
420

What people actually report

The council’s own incident types, last five years.

Archived from Christchurch City Council open data every ten minutes. Counts reflect what people reported, not everything that happened, a rise can mean more problems, or just more people reporting them. Suburb comes from a free-text address and is missing on about a third of reports.

Questions, answered briefly

How many problems has Christchurch reported?

489,960 reports filed by residents over 11.5 years, every one of them on this page’s record.

How fast has reporting grown?

15.7× since 2015, 4,398 reports then, 69,233 in 2025.

What day does Christchurch report the most?

Monday, 82,269 reports on record.

Which suburb reports the most?

Christchurch Central City, 49,245 reports over five years.