Police in Westhoughton on Saturday, February 20 after the stabbing the night before COUNCILLORS hope police will carry on clamping down on crime in Westhoughton after a dispersal order was carried out following a stabbing in the town centre. Police were called to Church Street on Friday, February 19 at around 9.15pm to reports of a disturbance and a large group of people fighting. Two 17-year-old boys were assaulted by a group of around six people. One of them managed to flee the scene but the second was attacked and stabbed. He was taken to hospital and suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries.