How old is old enough for DD to play out?

[morris92]

Myself and her dad have recently started discussing the idea of letting our DD play out on the estate with her friends.

She is 9 and going into year 5, her friends in the year above were already playing out at her age on our estate.

Dad is more pro than me, our estate is socially (not by me) deemed the “nice” estate, granted that means naff all because weirdos could be anywhere, it’s large but off the main road with a park in the middle. DD is a good kid who I trust to be sensible and just an all round nice kid, IF we do agree it will be with our old phone on her and tracked and she is not allowed off the estate or in people/ friends she might make that we don’t know house/garden obviously.
I know eventually we will have to give her more freedom, it’s other people I don’t trust
what age did you give your child more freedom?

In the estates and cul de sacs by me it's normal to play out from about 4. Mine is the same age as yours and has been walking down to the corner shop at the end of our road (3-4 minute walk) for a few months now.

Unfortunately we have a road near us which people drive like wankers on so if she wants to play out with friends I have to walk her to meet them somewhere a bit quieter.

9 is a sensible age i started letting mine out at 8 but only in our street or the grassy area at the top of it , my estates pretty rough though and there's 4yo playing out until 10pm here 😬 ( not my idea of good parenting)