Mayors of the Bourke and Brewarrina Shire Councils have expressed their concerns that the state government's current bail laws and judiciaries are serving repeat youth offenders more than the rural communities they are meant to protect.

The concerns have been brought to the forefront following a series of incidents involving multiple teenagers from the Bourke area earlier this month.

The youths allegedly entered homes in the Bourke and Brewarrina shires, threatened one of the occupants with knives, and stole vehicles from the residences, one of which was an ambulance.

According to NSW Police, investigations into this incident are still ongoing under Strike Force Churnwood.

Bourke Mayor Barry Hollman has recently spoken out about his concerns with the incidents and other instances of youth crime in Bourke over the last 12 months.

"Late last year, the township of Bourke experienced a spate of crime by youth ranging from petty crime such as vandalism, through to steal and burn motor vehicles, dangerous driving and all the way up to arson and armed robbery," Mayor Hollman said.

"It's got to the stage where enough's enough and I got onto the Attorney General (Mark Speakman) to say the system was not giving back what it should be to the community."

According to Mayor Hollman, these youths were often repeat offenders and despite their disregard for the community and disrespect of local police, were often either warned or bailed, only to re-offend.

Of the four teenagers arrested so far allegedly linked to this month's incident, one was charged and refused bail while two others were bailed by the local children's court under conditions which effectively mean 'house arrest'.

This didn't sit well with Mayor Hollman, who conceded placing them in a Juvenile Justice Centre was far from perfect but, at some point, there had to be consequences.

"There just doesn't appear to be any deterrent out there - if they repeat offend and get out all the time, why would they stop," he said.

"However, when knives are involved with young children, it's a time to sit down and evaluate. The fact is these children broke in and abused a young gentleman with a health issue before stealing his vehicle to drive to Brewarrina."

Brewarrina Mayor Phillip O'Connor was similarly unimpressed with this month's incident and had visited Mr Speakman in Sydney in the past to talk about similar concerns.

"I think it's ridiculous people are making a decision from a distance about our community," Mr O'Connor said.

"If someone is doing the wrong thing, they deserve to be treated the same, no matter their background - there shouldn't be any leniency laws.

"I do think every case is different and they shouldn't be all put in one pipe, but if reoffenders get out on bail and committing crimes again, the only option is incarceration to ensure the safety of the community."

The Western Plains App approached the Department of Communities and Justice for comment. A spokeswoman said the government was committed to its current approach.

"NSW bail laws are among the strongest in Australia and put community safety front and centre of bail decisions," she said. 

"The Bail Act Monitoring Group, the Sentencing Council and the NSW Government continue to keep a close watch on bail laws to ensure they are working as intended. 

"The NSW Government is committed to reducing youth crime though a range of evidence-based early intervention, prevention and diversionary programs aimed at breaking the cycle of offending."

A similar response was also received by Mayor Hollman after he contacted Mr Speakman about his concerns. However, he said this wasn't good enough.

"I would call on the Bail Act Monitoring Group to look directly at what has taken place in Bourke over the last 12 months because as it currently stands, the community and victims are not being supported by the bail provisions," he said.

Read previous stories about the incidents on the Western Plains App links below:

Fourth teenager charged over alleged break-ins and pursuit in stolen ambulance

Teens charged over ambulance theft