diff --git a/internal/consensus/metrics.go b/internal/consensus/metrics.go
index 4bcf252db..2de3a44ad 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/metrics.go
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	BlockGossipReceiveTime metrics.Gauge
 	blockGossipStart       time.Time
 
+	// Number of block parts received by the node, seperated by whether the part
+	// was relevant to the block the node is trying to gather or not.
+	BlockGossipPartsReceived metrics.Counter
+
 	// QuroumPrevoteMessageDelay is the interval in seconds between the proposal
 	// timestamp and the timestamp of the earliest prevote that achieved a quorum
 	// during the prevote step.
@@ -226,6 +230,13 @@ func PrometheusMetrics(namespace string, labelsAndValues ...string) *Metrics {
 			Help: "Difference in seconds between when the validator learns of a new block" +
 				"and when the validator receives the last piece of the block.",
 		}, labels).With(labelsAndValues...),
+		BlockGossipPartsReceived: prometheus.NewCounterFrom(stdprometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Subsystem: MetricsSubsystem,
+			Name:      "block_gossip_parts_received",
+			Help: "Number of block parts received by the node, labeled by whether the" +
+				"part was relevant to the block the node was currently gathering or not",
+		}, append(labels, "matches_current")).With(labelsAndValues...),
 		StepTime: prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(stdprometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: MetricsSubsystem,
@@ -286,6 +297,7 @@ func NopMetrics() *Metrics {
 		StateSyncing:                discard.NewGauge(),
 		BlockParts:                  discard.NewCounter(),
 		BlockGossipReceiveTime:      discard.NewGauge(),
+		BlockGossipPartsReceived:    discard.NewCounter(),
 		QuorumPrevoteMessageDelay:   discard.NewGauge(),
 		FullPrevoteMessageDelay:     discard.NewGauge(),
 		ProposalTimestampDifference: discard.NewHistogram(),
diff --git a/internal/consensus/state.go b/internal/consensus/state.go
index 5fca68a5a..7f0fa1fc3 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state.go
@@ -2057,11 +2057,13 @@ func (cs *State) addProposalBlockPart(
 	// Blocks might be reused, so round mismatch is OK
 	if cs.Height != height {
 		cs.logger.Debug("received block part from wrong height", "height", height, "round", round)
+		cs.metrics.BlockGossipPartsReceived.With("matches_current", "false").Add(1)
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	// We're not expecting a block part.
 	if cs.ProposalBlockParts == nil {
+		cs.metrics.BlockGossipPartsReceived.With("matches_current", "false").Add(1)
 		// NOTE: this can happen when we've gone to a higher round and
 		// then receive parts from the previous round - not necessarily a bad peer.
 		cs.logger.Debug(
@@ -2076,8 +2078,14 @@ func (cs *State) addProposalBlockPart(
 
 	added, err = cs.ProposalBlockParts.AddPart(part)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, types.ErrPartSetInvalidProof) || errors.Is(err, types.ErrPartSetUnexpectedIndex) {
+			cs.metrics.BlockGossipPartsReceived.With("matches_current", "false").Add(1)
+		}
 		return added, err
 	}
+
+	cs.metrics.BlockGossipPartsReceived.With("matches_current", "true").Add(1)
+
 	if cs.ProposalBlockParts.ByteSize() > cs.state.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes {
 		return added, fmt.Errorf("total size of proposal block parts exceeds maximum block bytes (%d > %d)",
 			cs.ProposalBlockParts.ByteSize(), cs.state.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes,