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===Religion=== {{Pie chart | caption=Faith in Harrow (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS031/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Religion - Religion in England and Wales (detailed dataset including Jain: Census 2021, ONS}}</ref> | label1 = [[History of Christianity in Britain|Christian]] | value1 = 33.9 | color1 = Dodgerblue | label2 = [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hindu]] | value2 = 25.8 | color2 = darkorange | label3 = [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]] | value3 = 15.9| color3 = green | label4 = [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No Religion]] | value4 = 10.6 | color4 = honeydew | label5 = [[Judaism in the United Kingdom|Jewish]] | value5 = 2.8 | color5 = turquoise | label6 = [[Jainism in the United Kingdom|Jain]] | value6 = 2.4 | color6 = darkorchid | label7 = [[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhist]] | value7 = 1.1 | color7 = goldenrod | label8 = [[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikh]] | value8 = 1.1 | color8 = yellow | label9 = Other Religions | value9 = 0.5 | color9 = deeppink |color10=lightgrey|value10=5.9|label10=Religion not Stated}} [[File:Hindu Temple, Kenton, Harrow - geograph.org.uk - 98989.jpg|thumb|[[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Harrow)]]]] Harrow is the most religiously diverse local authority area in the UK, with a 62% chance that two random people are from different religions, according to Office for National Statistics, October 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/eth1006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070109002329/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/eth1006.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2007 }}. National Statistics. Retrieved 8 October 2006.</ref> According to the 2011 census, 25.3% of Harrow's population identified themselves as Hindu - the highest in the UK. A large number of [[Jewish]] people live in [[Stanmore]] and [[Hatch End]]. The [[Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue]], until 2019, boasted the largest membership of any single [[synagogue]] in the whole of [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Kavimut/Britain+Communities/Stanmore+11.htm|title=Partnership2Gether|website=The Jewish Agency|access-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426075317/http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Kavimut/Britain+Communities/Stanmore+11.htm|archive-date=26 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harrow also has a sizable Muslim community, about 1 in 10 of its population. As per the 2011 census, Harrow has a larger than average Jewish, Hindu and Muslim population. {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" | Religion ! colspan="2" |1995 estimates<ref>{{Cite web |title=A PROFILE OF BRITISH JEWRY - 1995 |url=https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/a_pr/A%20PROFILE%20OF%20BRITISH%20JEWRY.pdf |page=12}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion - Religion in England and Wales: Census 2021, ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021}}</ref> |- !Population !% !Population !% |- |Christianity |β |β | |33.9 |- |Hinduism |β |β | |25.8 |- |Islam |β |β | |15.9 |- |Judaism |14,100 |7% | |2.8 |- |Jainism |β |β | |2.4 |- |Buddhism |β |β | |1.1 |- |Sikhism |β |β | |1.1 |- |No religion |β |β | |10.6 |- |Religion not stated |β |β | |5.9 |}
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