Councillor calls for a Dubbo crime summit but is social media exaggerating the issue?

Stephen Callaghan says there can be a "frenzy" when crime videos are posted to social media. (ABC Western Plains: Kenji Sato)

When a teenager in a stolen car comes hooning down his street at 4am, Dubbo resident Stephen Callaghan is no longer surprised.   

"We had an absolute spate of stolen cars. Every second night there were cars being driven like maniacs through this estate all hours of the day and night," he said.