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Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

8,808 council reports since June 2015, the 14th busiest suburb in the city. 6,711 photographs on record. 8,190 people at the 2023 Census, 3,451 to the square kilometre across 2.4 km².

Reports, all time
8,808
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
1,266
Busiest in Christchurch
14th
Photographs
6,711

The record also holds 2023 Census snapshot 6,711 photographs 6 old photographs 1 school 7 parks 6 places of worship 16 tracks 4 names on the map the record drew water over 1% of the outline ecological sites over 1% of the outline landscape schedules over 1% of the outline noise overlays over the whole outline setback strips over 1% of the outline 58% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 1,182 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 13.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline 2 remembered names on this ground 8 drawn rules bind this ground 12 parcels on the dangerous-work register 53 parcels of made ground the 2019 model grades this ground mostly possible 5 council structures on the register 11 recreation register records 948 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 8% of the outline reserved the plan’s exceptions touch 4% of the outline 7 places on the heritage schedule 383 injury crashes 5,408 recorded victimisations 31 bus stops 253 businesses the council’s fix times alcohol ban over nearly all of the outline 12 heritage places 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

Rent: too few new bonds lodged here for Tenancy Services to publish a median this quarter, the last figure it released was about $745 a week, and it counts this under the “Upper Riccarton” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.

The ground: the flood record drew water over 1% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 7 parks, 6 places of worship, 16 tracks and 31 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly rubbish & dumping, 1,266 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 11 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 26 October 2017, 41 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
1,521
Occupied households
480

About 1,521 people and 480 occupied private households in the “Upper Riccarton” statistical area, grouped from 12 SA1 areas. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.

About the suburb

Upper Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of Riccarton.

the encyclopaedia’s version · Wikipedia · population: Stats NZ 2023 Census SA2 counts; the area is measured from the suburb outline

As reported 6,711 on record

3E Field Terrace, Upper Riccarton11 Leslie St, ????, ??? 8041, ???9 Rudleigh Avenue, Upper Riccarton15 Leslie St47 Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton3/12 Peer St 6,711 photographs
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The suburb, back then 6 in the archive

Bush Inn, Riccarton Road, Christchurch, 1900Summit Road scrapbook, pages 104 and 105, 1900One of the oldest houses in New Zealand, Avonhead, Upper Riccarton, 1906Wedding of Mr. John J. Busch and Miss Saidee Manchester, Upper Riccarton, 1938Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, 1947Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, 1959 6 photographs
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Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The record on Upper Riccarton

Lately the newest reports

Accessibility, a report photo
Accessibility15 Leslie St

Council signage don’t work at all. Still blocking the footpath . Wheel chair access still blocked as well. Can someone come now and get these traders…

Reports per year down 13% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Rubbish & dumping 3,975
Graffiti & vandalism 1,583
Roads & footpaths 1,444
Water & drains 748
Trees & parks 614
Vehicles & parking 328
Everything else 91
Animals & pests 19 Noise 6

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Upper Riccarton →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 10,680 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Upper Riccarton took 3 days to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days). The slowest tenth waited 7 weeks or longer. 182 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 28 September 2018.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground one ban zone reaches in

Riccarton-Ilam. A public drinking ban, at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, covers nearly all of Upper Riccarton.

3 sensitive sites stand here, Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate, Middleton Grange School, Villa Maria College, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 1

Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate · Middleton Grange School · Our Lady of Victories · Riccarton High School · St Thomas of Canterbury College · and 9 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 7

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

Where the suburb worships 6

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 16

The first eight of 16, Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 4

The flood record drew water over 1.1% of this outline, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

12 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 8 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 53 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 13 hectares, mostly engineered fill, topsoil, gravel. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 85% of this outline in the possible class. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 5 assets on this ground, 4 sets of steps, 1 bridge, sited at Peer Reserve, Milnebank Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 11 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 softball, 3 football, 2 cricket, 1 basketball. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 948 living trees inside this outline, 8 veterans among them, 18 carrying a protection, mostly Silver Birch, Sweet Gum, Manna Ash. The file remembers 571 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 44% of this outline under Medium density residential zone, 60% residential, the rest mostly High density residential zone 15%, Transport 14%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 18 hectares of this outline, 8%, under 5 designations, mostly learning, movement. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s exceptions touch 4% of this outline, 6 qualifying matters, mostly utilities, heritage, residential. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 7 places by name in this suburb, Bush Inn Hotel and Setting, Commercial Building and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Midway among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 15% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s noise overlays cover all of this outline, about 237 hectares across 1 mapped overlay, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines are drawn at /noise.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 35 classified reaches, the plan calling Ilam Drain and Avon River by name, 1% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 10 m off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 58% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Medium Density. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 1,182 photographs on this ground, 2011–2014, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 13.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 5.5 km of it separated from the traffic, Nor'West Arc, South Express, Uni-Cycle. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 2 inscribed plaques, War Memorial Library/Plunket, Upper Riccarton War Memorial P among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 8 drawn instruments, 1 alcohol ban, 7 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: /geography.

The crash record 383 injury crashes

383 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Upper Riccarton's outline, 2 people killed, 62 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Blenheim Road at Hansons Lane, 22 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 5,408 recorded victimisations

5,408 victimisations on the Police record inside Upper Riccarton’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 889 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 13% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 31 stops

31 Metro stops inside Upper Riccarton's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 80, route 86, route 130, route 5, route 100, route 140, the Orbiter (anticlockwise), the Orbiter (clockwise), route 3, route 120.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 253 in the directory

253 premises in Upper Riccarton across 70 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. Bush Inn Hotel and Setting350 Riccarton Road
  2. Commercial Building and Setting355B Riccarton Road
  3. Dwelling and Setting, Chokebore Lodge148 Racecourse Road
  4. Dwelling and Setting, Huntley67 Yaldhurst Road
  5. Dwelling and Setting, Midway7 Middleton Road
  6. Dwelling and Setting, Strone75 Hansons Lane
  7. Former Dwelling and Setting, Middleton
  8. Former Dwelling and Setting, Stevenholme/ Rannerdale House71 Suva Street
  9. J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting393 Riccarton Road
  10. St Peter's Church & Setting24 Main South Road
  11. St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting24 Main South Road
  12. St Peter's Church Lychgate and Setting25 Yaldhurst Road

The register’s own page for Upper Riccarton →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Upper Riccarton, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)…er townsend james townshend thomas trickett henry treleaven samuel ferry mead soames land upper riccarton papanui gentleman cabinet maker carpenter sawyer calling or business roun on w llc nairn is ma…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Chokebore Lodge - List No. 1791The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga · 1856
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Upper Riccarton 5 lately

Sweet Chestnut seen — Waimairi Rd near Athol Tce, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New ZealandiNaturalist · meurkc ·
Garden Dahlia seen — Waimairi Rd near Athol Tce, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New ZealandiNaturalist · meurkc ·
Clambinae seen — Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
Icerya seen — Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
Siphanta acuta seen — Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·

The whole wire →

229 more documents came up in searches for Upper Riccarton's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.

Next door

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Compare Upper Riccarton with Ilam · Middleton · Sockburn · Riccarton · Fendalton · Hillmorton, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Upper Riccarton?

Upper Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. The public record holds 8,808 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Upper Riccarton?

8,190 people at the 2023 Census, 3,451 per square kilometre across 2.4 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Upper Riccarton?

About 1,521 people and 480 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Upper Riccarton?

8,808 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (3,975), graffiti & vandalism (1,583), roads & footpaths (1,444). 1,266 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Upper Riccarton had?

383 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 62 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

What schools are in Upper Riccarton?

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Villa Maria College.

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