A data processing apparatus is disclosed that comprises monitoring circuitry for monitoring accesses to a plurality of addressable locations within said data processing apparatus that occur between start and end events said monitoring circuitry comprising: an address location store for storing data identifying said plurality of addressable locations to be monitored and a monitoring data store; said monitoring circuitry being responsive to detection of said start event to detect accesses to said plurality of addressable locations and to store monitoring data relating to a summary of said detected accesses in said monitoring data store; and said monitoring circuitry being responsive to detection of said end event to stop collecting said monitoring data; said monitoring circuit being responsive to detection of a flush event to output said stored monitoring data and to flush said monitoring data store.