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
486,028
Years of history
11.4
Suburbs covered
109
Data current to
12 October 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 +45% 242 → 352 reports
Diamond Harbour +35% 191 → 258 reports
Northwood +32% 312 → 413 reports
Huntsbury +28% 305 → 390 reports
Westmorland +22% 183 → 224 reports
Lyttelton +18% 728 → 862 reports
Northcote +18% 341 → 401 reports
Redwood +15% 743 → 858 reports

Reporting less

The other end of the same comparison.

Heathcote Valley -9% 412 → 373 reports
Kennedys Bush -8% 167 → 154 reports
Beckenham -7% 280 → 260 reports
Wigram -7% 754 → 704 reports
Mairehau -7% 997 → 931 reports
Papanui -6% 850 → 795 reports
Islington -6% 321 → 301 reports
Halswell -6% 1,897 → 1,784 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?

486,028 reports filed by residents over 11.4 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, 81,408 reports on record.

Which suburb reports the most?

Christchurch Central City, 49,265 reports over five years.