Calgary has the fourth highest murder rate among Canada's big cities.

Statistics Canada has released murder stats for 2009.

24 people were murdered in Calgary, pegging the homicide rate at 1.95 per 100-thousand people.

That's behind Winnipeg, Vancouver and Edmonton, but higher than Toronto.

Stats Can says there were fewer gang-related killings last year.

When firearms were recovered, about two-thirds of them were not registered.